October 2024

Reading Robert Musil

Now fall is coming, I’m reading more, while the leaves turn golden outside and begin to pile up on the pavements of the West End. Days are shorter than nights, now that we’ve passed the equinox, and the sun sets before seven in the evening. On overcast days, there’s that blue-grey quality to the light that seems unique to the Pacific Northwest, shown in the photograph above. If I read