Day 108: Random notes from my phone:

An Ode to Autumn: Because Autumn deserves an Ode.

Reading time: 5:36 minutes. I timed it after the last magazine piece.

Autumn always saves me. Today, she did. Not the season, Autumn. Just Autumn at Navy Federal Credit Union (NFCU).

(This is not a paid endorsement. We need more Autumns. I legged into NFCU membership, and USAA membership, because of the ginger Navy flight surgeon who made me.

I woke up to this impending catastrophe, which I welcomed as a distraction from the hell of intrusive thoughts about the hostages, and children dying yards away from them because two evil men can’t digest their hate and pride (“save your tears for another day.”).