To the editor:

All of a sudden the sun is going down at a quarter past six! We still have that beautiful golden light which turns our green world to emerald, but how did that happen so fast? And this week a day and night will be equal lengths. I find it really hard to be resigned to colder days.

Luckily the fields are still full of goldenrods — there are several kinds and, like warblers and ferns, I am too lazy to try and figure out which is which – and now the tiny white asters have started.

Milkweed pods are pale green and sticking up in clusters, for all the world like little groups of mice with their noses in the air. The cooler nights should remind you to bring in your houseplants and, as I remind you every year, keep feeding the hummingbirds until October 15!

A young writer was just here. She is somewhat stuck on her current book and was amazed by the peace and tranquility she found throughout our little town. I told her she could always come back and treat this place as a MacDowell Colony annex. Our town with its farmers and fishermen and commuters, who are willing to travel many miles with the reward of returning to their little paradise, is almost unique as I doubt if there are many others so special. I hope with all my heart that it stays that way.

Sidney Tynan

Little Compton