
T’is the season!

Jean-Philippe Brunaud (French, b. 1972, based Paris, France) – Ecoutes! from In/Out series, 2012 Paintings: Oil, Acrylics on Canvas
Simon & Garfunkel – A Hazy Shade of Winter
Time, time, time See what’s become of me
While I looked around for my possibilities
I was so hard to please
But look around Leaves are brown
And the sky is a hazy shade of winter
Hear the Salvation Army band
Down by the riverside’s
Bound to be a better ride
Than what you’ve got planned
Carry your cup in your hand
And look around you
Leaves are brown, now
And the sky is a hazy shade of winter
Hang on to your hopes, my friend
That’s an easy thing to say
But if your hopes should pass away
Simply pretend That you can build them again
Look around
The grass is high
The fields are ripe
It’s the springtime of my life
Seasons change with the scenery
Weaving time in a tapestry
Won’t you stop and remember me
At any convenient time?
Funny how my memory skips
Looking over manuscripts
Of unpublished rhyme
Drinking my vodka and lime
I look around Leaves are brown
And the sky is a hazy shade of winter
Look around Leaves are brown
There’s a patch of snow on the ground
Look around Leaves are brown
There’s a patch of snow on the ground

Narrative Endings
French cartoonist Jean Ache, “Little Red Riding Hood” after seven different painters, from Pilote, 1974.

Double-headed serpent. Mexico, 15th-16th century AD
It is carved in wood (Cedrela odorata) and covered with turquoise mosaic. The wood is hollowed at the back.

The House on Gryphon Hill. (Jeff Easley, AD&D module I10: Ravenloft II, TSR, 1986)
“Fables of the northern forest”

It occurs to me that I really can’t remember your face in any precise detail. Only the way you walked away through the tables in the cafe, your figure, your dress, that I still see.