Mastication

Walking or driving down the street in fall can be perilous. In my part of the world, the drivers are bad enough at all times, but from September through Thanksgiving, both drivers and pedestrians also have to contend with the falling acorns, beechnuts and other tree-born fruiting bodies falling from the sky. An acorn hitting … Read more

Autumn Equinox

We have just passed the autumn equinox, which marks the official end of summer and the start of fall.  We are also halfway to the winter solstice, which is the shortest and therefore darkest day of the year.  Many cultures in the Northern Hemisphere celebrate the harvest around the time of the autumn equinox.  In … Read more