○ down by the sea ○

i’m not one of those people who’s been whining about the recent change in the weather. yes, the summer was unsatisfyingly brief, but what kind of ungrateful idiot complains about a tempestuous early-autumn day? folks take offense at the season as though it’s done them some injustice; like summer has a will of its own, and uses it to wrong us.

[ grievances listed below the fold. ]