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Finding a Way (opens the original)
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Dear Friends, Family, Neighbors, and Those of You I Don’t Yet Know —Welcome to this first Odd Company of almost autumn 2026.I say “almost” because autumn 2026 is now just two days away (or one, depending on how late I post this tonight). This year’s autumnal equinox, the first day of fall, will happen on September 22. So long, summer! Hurry up, you late-blooming peppers and tomatoes. Time to cut the basil and dig the carrots. Serious kitchen time lies just ahead. Time to make the slightly-too-ri
Goodbye Berry (opens the original)
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Dear Friends, Family, Neighbors, and Those of You I Don’t Yet Know —Welcome to September, dear readers, and this issue of Odd Company. Autumn grows closer and closer. In today’s issue of The Atlantic Daily, there was a list of “cozy autumn” movies to watch as the trees change color and the temperatures drop. I’ve never been a big fan of seasons. We do have them here on the San Francisco Peninsula, but they are muted. In that same Atlantic article1, the staff writer Marc
By the Sea, by the Sea (opens the original)
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Dear Friends, Family, Neighbors, and Those of You I Don’t Yet Know —Welcome to this shortish issue of Odd Company, written as the August moon waxes toward full, and the last of summer’s bounty comes in from the garden.Our son and his wife are visiting from the east coast, so we packed up the car and headed for the coast, where we’ve rented rooms in a funky little place where you can have an open fire and roast marshmallows for s’mores. You can also see and smell the ocean. There is something won
Amazing Stories (opens the original)
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Dear Friends, Family, Neighbors, and Those of You I Don’t Yet Know —Welcome, dear readers, to this issue of Odd Company. Where I live, it’s another beautiful summer night, just as it was two weeks ago, when last I wrote to you, except the moon is new now. When the last shreds of twilight have gone, it will be a very dark night indeed. The garden is beginning to show signs of autumn. The tomatoes are still producing like mad, but now there are dead, brown leaves among the green. It’s a vaguely ha
Hello in the Dark (opens the original)
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Dear Friends, Family, Neighbors, and Those of You I Don’t Yet Know —I welcome you warmly to this issue of Odd Company. All of our cantaloupes ripened at once over the past week. Peppers and tomatoes are turning red. We have a wonderful crop of very fragrant basil. Pesto ahead! It’s a clear night here, about as perfect as a summer night can be. It was a warm day, but not too warm. Our ceiling fans and a few open windows kept us comfortable. Now that the sun has set, the temperature is dropping st
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