The Mountain Thymes

I began this writing last night with a Florence update in the background until Cliff switched over to our next Amazon episode of The Sopranos.  I think it ran on HBO years ago but we never got involved because we never had HBO.  Surprisingly, I'm more interested in the story than I thought I would be.  My brain and heart can't tolerate emotional and physical cruelty/violence so I remove myself from TV or conversation that involves toxic drama.  This series isn't just focused on the mob whacking people but the struggle in Tony Soprano's attempt at being a good family man while running the New Jersey mob.  After our evening meal, Cliff stacks the dishwasher for me, cleans up my messy cooking pots and pans and counters before we settle in our recliners for the next episode.  Watching the series has given me a vivid image of our saying " going all Tony Soprano. " As of the 5 a.m. Weather Channel update on Florence, the present track shows the tropical low over

Yesterday evening I decided I'd better clean up the 102 emails sitting in my mailbox.  Many of the emails are articles I had saved to read later when I felt like sitting and reading them.  Later never happened.  Before deleting The Farmer's Almanac posted on August 18, I wanted to know The 20 Signs of a Hard Winter.  These were the most interesting to me. 1.  thick hair on the nape  of a cow's neck 2.  heavy and numerous fogs during August (those we had) 3.  insects marching in a line rather than meandering 4.  unusual abundance of acorns  (not here, our acorns are puny and scarce) 5.  narrow orange bands on the Woolybear caterpillar warn of heavy snow 6.  my favorite..............pigs gathering sticks!! These are only a few from the article.  From what I gather on further reading, we're in for a cold, rainy winter.  Acorns are scarce this year bringing the bears closer to homes searching for trash bags and destroying bird feeders. The end of August brought