Ben by Daniel Shelton for November 03, 2017

Nov. 3, 5:27 AM and 60 degrees F. and clear. Still summer here.

Skip November and skip Thanksgiving?! Ben, have you lost your mind?

So sad! Thanksgiving is a forgotten holiday.

Ben must be in Canada. Their Thanksgiving is in October, so he would not have that to look forward to as we do in the US.

Thanksgiving needs a better PR man.

I wish Christmas was far away – it’s coming up fast.

I’m with Ben on hating the dark and gray part. But today, in Northern Virginia, it is only partly gray, already 75 degrees and climbing toward the 80s. A very odd year since many of the trees still have mostly green leaves. We had a late spring, too. It’s like the months are shifting on the calendar.

This week every day is in high 70°’s or low-to middle 80°’s, high humidity make it warm. Too warm.

On the last week of October the first bits of Xmas advertising starts! I really really don’t like that. I am starting to dislike Xmas because of it.