December starts tomorrow but I still haven't taken my warm coat from the closet. In fact, I can't remember a November this warm. It turns out, there's a reason for that: there hasn't been a late fall this warm on record in Massachusetts.  

Although I've been enjoying walking around without the swaddling normally necessary this time of year, I have to admit being a bit disturbed by the weird warmth. 

The weather has me in a strange, inspired state of mind, perhaps best expressed in haiku.

A haiku is a Japanese poetic form consisting of three lines of five, seven and five syllables. But we're not so strict. I've written mine below; go ahead and share yours with us!

Winter closing in

Frost-tinged trees, cold-kissed noses

I play in sunbeams

Ooh, that was fun! How about another?

Late November sun

Your rays warm, unsettle me 

Oh you're so freaky