October 1. Took the car and drove half an hour into the countryside. Glistening day, beginning coloring of the leaves. At the turnaround point we find a geocache and send pictures of it to the kids.

For the first time in years, I make up a piece. First I have four bars, then eight. I first have to learn to play it myself. My structural resources seem tremendously limited. Question-answer. Open-close. What else can I do? I feel lost and am magnetically attracted by obviousness.