<\/a><\/p>\nA middle-aged, maximally bearded man wearing a sweatshirt with something accidental on it, jogged along. He had an easy gait and appeared naturally athletic, but as he loped closer to us and then past, I could see that his smile was wild and uncontrollable and he was muttering to himself. His clothes filthy, he clutched a beaten five dollar bill in his long, thin fingers, and ran straight to the liquor store.<\/p>\n
On our way home the dog bounced through the leaves, and an elderly woman in a wheelchair, still wearing a poppy on her blazers, smiled at us, \u201cShe looks so happy!\u201d she said. I shouted back that it was a beautiful day, and the woman nodded crisply, \u201cI will grant you that,\u201d she said, before gearing her chair forward and buzzing across the street.<\/p>\n
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* (Photo of leaves courtesy of Debra Lary)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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