As the world turns

It’s an ill hurricane that blows nobody good, I suppose. Hurricane Matthew, for all the damage done elsewhere, brought two days of much-needed steady rain here. It was the first steady rain in many months and put an end to summer’s low-grade drought. Suddenly the weather switched from summer mode to fall mode. Today is, in short, the perfect day for baking.

Though the abbey’s only attempt at growing pumpkins was quickly ruined by raccoons, I’m good at picking choice pumpkins at roadside produce stands. This pumpkin will be pie before dark.