Football’s back on TV. It’s weird because the cameras show the seats with nobody in them and the audio has fan sounds like they are. Like life, it’s hard to tell what’s real. But the players are playing like it is so there’s some degree of normalcy in this regular Fall pastime. Maybe we’re supposed to take our cues from this, to play like things are sort of normal, to live our lives like a train, and get on board. Its ok making believe like this, sort of like we do most of the time; making the most of what we have. Trying to do the best we can with what’s been dealt to us. Buying pumpkins, getting into Fall, planning like Halloween is really coming. But it’s probably not. But that’s probably no reason not to keep trying. It’s colder here in the mountains now, a sure sign of Autumn; the wooly bear caterpillars are out, and the leaves are changing. People are picking apples now instead of blueberries. Life goes on… as best it can. Funny in a weird way, but good to see that even in this normalcy people are wearing masks. I wonder if they let the fans in the stands if they would wear them too. This is our new normal (for now): get on board today.
Khaled Hosseini (born 1965): Afghan-American novelist and physician
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