Weekend Update, Part 15

Actually, it was a pretty quiet weekend. I was in a meeting for about six hours on Saturday, which killed a good chunk of the gorgeous day.

Fall arrived late on Friday with the temperature and humidity taking a huge dip. The sky looked different, the clouds were more fall-like and the angle of the sun had changed. I had to get an extra blanket for the bed!I have mixed feelings about fall – I love “sweater-weather” and wearing cashmere and wool, but I don’t like that the days become shorter and the sunlight isn’t as bright. I live at the bottom of a valley, and it takes forever for the sun to finally peek over the hill and the tree-tops and make it down to our little valley!

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I can’t believe how many acorns I have on my lawn. I can’t even go outside in bare feet because they’re everywhere! I wonder whether that’s an indication of a bad winter coming.

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I hate to do this, but I need to reinstate the comment validation. I took it off because people in the survey said they didn’t like it. I completely understand, but from my side, I am being bombarded with dozens and dozens of spam comments every day. They clog my in-box and then I have to delete them all, one at a time. There are so many other things that are a better use of my time than deleting comments like these:I get them in Chinese, Russian and barely literate English. They all have crazy links associated with them, which I never click!

Some people mentioned that they couldn’t comment because they didn’t have a blog or a gmail account. You can always click the “anonymous” button and comment that way. I appreciate each and every comment you take time to leave (except if it’s Russian spam).

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I am giving a lecture about why Baltimore’s not just The Wire, on October 1, as part of the Kaleidoscope Continuing Education at Roland Park Country School. There are still some tickets available if you’re interested. Information is here. It’s going to be lots of fun and everyone gets a lovely parting gift!

How was your weekend?

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