New York City, October 20, 2016

★★ A sudden chilly wind came down Amsterdam from Broadway. The leaves were rich gold but the sun was colorless behind thin clouds. That pallid showing was the most the sun would do all day. Through morning, the clouds thickened to a softly striped white, then on to a lumpy gray; the afternoon sunk steadily into darkness. An ominous drizzle began falling when it was time to hurry the children to and from the store to buy dinner. The apartment was too humid and opening the windows made no difference, but the air conditioner was too grimly cold to keep running.