
Followed the autumn gradient back to the Hudson Valley, just ahead of the rain. Pretty wild – in Sullivan County, you’re in full fall; cross the county line into Ulster, and the trees are still mostly green.
Apparently, within the next week, the Hudson Valley is gonna make up the whole 12-inch rain deficit it built up throughout an unusually dry summer.
The sound of rain is very pleasant…
On the drive home, I caught Rachmaninoff’s First Piano Concerto on a stray NPR station, and it moved me practically to tears. I don’t know why. Sometimes one is just overwhelmed by the poignancy and gallantry of everything that is.