As I write, fall is now established, and our oak is beginning to sport its autumn colour. The days are getting shorter, and mercifully cooler. They favour our harvest of squash and the planting of bulbs still a few weeks away. Out in the world, kids have gone back to school, but not school as usual. We’ve realized, out on our walks, that every second school bus window is faceless, andsome kids don’t leave their homes. Grocers have been renewing their arrows and purchasing permanent sanitizer dispensers to keep us pointed in the right direction and to keep us safe....