‘Orbit’ and October align in quiet wonder

Some months practically hand you a
theme. In June, I wrote about “Juggling in
June” – the way we try to keep all the balls
of summer life in the air: family, gardens,
vacations, deadlines.
Then the calendar spun on, and

now here we are in October – cur-
rently up on my list of “Things to

Think About in Different Months”
(And, yes, I still have that list in my
computer files.) One word beside
“October” is “orbit.”