Southland Fall

* At the least, Times columnists are at last recognizing that there is a fall in Southern California whether it be spider webs slapping them in the face (Robert Jones, Sept. 6) or puffy eyes and flat hair in the morning (Shawn Hubler, Oct. 12).

The weather page recognizes fall, too. The long, hot days of summer are gone; we can now sleep at night. We water our gardens less and enjoy the balmy afternoons more. The biting and annoying insects are gone. In their place we have sunsets with crimson and golden streaks, we have mountains silhouetted against twilight skies and lights sparkling in the valleys, and we have large, luminous full moons rising softly through the dusk. The foothills are brightened by toyon laden with red berries and cedar waxwings dressed to match. Poison oak bushes in sherbet colors melt over the hillsides.

JANE STRONG

Monterey Park