SOUTH EUCLID, Ohio – The early leaves embrace a russet color at the edges of trees. A sole Monarch catches up with its flock. A cricket whispers, a poplar waves. The cool earth waits.

Have you noticed the vivid signs of fall approaching?

Or maybe you’ve felt relief from scorching weather – heard rumbling school buses rounding the corner?

All my life I have lived where four seasons are distinct, despite my fervent belief that Clevelanders need an “all-season wardrobe.” (All four seasons in one day.)

As I write this I improvise in warm socks with a short-sleeved dress, sleeves of which I rolled up further as it is not too late for a little more Vitamin D.

And I open (as if for the first time) my tiny book called “Songs of the Earth: A Tribute to Nature, in Word and Image,” (Running Pres

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