The natural world outside my Midwestern door is preparing for a long winter nap. Cozy quilts made of homespun leaves keep tree feet from getting too cold. Seeds and insect eggs, the harvest of the previous growing season, have slipped into snug sweaters of soil or been tucked into bark bunk beds, where they’ll bide their time until the warmth of spring serves as their wake-up call. The days themselves grow sleepy a little earlier with each rotation of the planet, and start nodding off by by about 5:30p local time.
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