Nana reminds you to take a look back over your shoulder now and then—you may catch a glimpse of your future moving up behind you.

It’s the time of year when Ghosts of Things to Come start skidding across the night sky.

Sometimes knowing the future makes you appreciate the present even more.

I spent the morning wandering the nearby foothills under a brilliant autumn sky, taking time to enjoy it because if the weather reports are correct it will be snowing by tomorrow.