Opening a new bottle of mouthwash shouldn't require divine intervention, but here we are. Under the cap waits a tamper-resistant foil seal with a pull tab so tiny a gnat couldn't land on it. Armed with tweezers, a flashlight, and a pair of uncooperative progressive glasses, I go to war.

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This isn't the Musing I planned to share this week. Something came up. Or, more exactly, went down. It rained. Not a gully-washer or a frog-strangler, but a gentle, all-evening, rocking-chair rain, the kind I'd been waiting for all summer.

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Meta One: Facebook now charges me to post links for you. Two a month are free, eight will run me $600 a year, and unlimited costs a cool $6,000. What a bargain. Since Meta clearly needs the money, I have a few better fee ideas — starting with weather hypesters, vaguebookers, and anyone who hijacks a potato salad recipe.

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Rumors of timber wolves in the western North Carolina mountains persist. I confess I might have a little something to do with that. Let's say a running joke with my Siberian Huskies may have gotten slightly out of hand.

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Pumpkin spice has taken over everything — soap, shampoo, trash bags, even Spam. I go aisle by aisle through the invasion, from Starbucks to the canned meat section, wondering if anything is still sacred.

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On this 25th anniversary of 9/11, I skip the horror everyone else is retelling this week. Instead, I'm focusing my attention on the beacons of light — boaters racing toward Manhattan, a Newfoundland town throwing open its doors, and the strangers who simply showed up for each other when it mattered most.

In today's show, I mention Boat Lift produced by Eyepop Productions and narrated by Tom Hanks.

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September never gets its due. I trace how the month ended up with the wrong name — including a Roman emperor who tried to rename it after himself — before wandering through a quiet, unhurried Asheville morning that shows exactly why I love it.

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Binge-watching, by my definition, is a relative term — and this week's proof includes a pub argument in Australia, a decades-late appreciation for William H. Macy, and a deadline I might not beat.

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