It was a cold but sunny day here in Seattle, and I chased myself out of the house in the early afternoon. The dark comes quickly (4.18 pm today), like a thief that stole the light while you were not looking. The weatherman says there may be a dusting of snow in the lowlands in the morning. I will be able to tell if he is right early on, but I will be heading out to the airport and to San Francisco one more time, in the early hours.