After a summer of living in a little hut on top of a hill, I was stationed in a hotel for the month of September. While it may sound like a glamorous existence, let me assure you that the AmericInn in Ashland, WI is not what I call home.
Not to belittle the AmericInn; as far as hotels go it's actually pretty nice. But it's hard to get any rest when there's an ice machine clunking out cubes in the middle of the night and your skin is on red alert from being constantly chaffed by the bleached bedding and towels. Especially after a summer in the forests of Northern Michigan where the Great Lakes were my tub and a hike through the woods was my daily commute. Instead of moonlight there was a blaze-green alarm clock and instead of a woodpecker tap there was a click-clicking keyboard. Unfortunately, summer came to an end with a gust of frigid and stuffy air-conditioned air.
But autumn has come to the rescue! The data is entered and the hotel fled. I'm now back in Hayward where the maples are turning and the sumac is already on fire. As the season changes so my focus changes and I look ahead to the coming months. With the (best ever!) summer behind me I'm eager to see what this fall will bring.
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