I got 7 hours of sleep last night. Open window and fresh November air (like late Sept air in other places). I am always forgetting how important open windows are. It changes everything.

I love this time of year. Florida goes from unbearable to quite livable. But there's still little opportunity to go trudging through the woods, unless you enjoy the swamps.

With the window open I can hear sounds in the distance -- they break in on my consciousness and remind me that there is life outside my immediate surroundings... that somewhere unknown people are doing unknown things.

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