OUT OF SEASON (November 5, 2003)
Sitting in the sunshine out of season, one feels lucky beyond measure. One feels privileged. Nay, chosen! It is the bleak cloud that is the norm in the late fall. One’s fair lot. The winter has us trained like monkeys. But is this not so with every boon? Every windfall, no matter how trifling? The winter has us trained well beyond season.