Change is on the air everywhere. The leaves are changing colors and are falling. Hurricane Sandy just tore through the east coast with considerable damage. Election is one week away when either Obama or Romney will be chosen as the president. Halloween was yesterday, when Sage and Misa, accompanied by their mother, all dressed up, went trick-or-treating last night.

Alongside all these changes, there is calm and peace. You can choose to vote for any candidate, and choose to display or not to display any election signs. You can decorate your house as scary as you want it to be, or not to decorate at all. Despite the heated election rhetoric, life will remain the same, or almost, after all this. USA is still USA. No less, nor more.

这是个变化的季节。出去走路，满目是秋色，满地是落叶。名叫“姗迪”的飓风刚刚横扫过美国东部，造成相当大的损失。再过一星期，美国民众即将挑选出总统。而昨天晚上的万圣节，星词和雨诗在他们的妈妈的带领下，盛装出行，讨回来一堆糖果。

但不论有什么变化，生活大致没变。选票一人一张，你要选谁都可以。在你家的庭院前，你可以插上支持任何候选人的牌子，或什么牌子也不插。你可以应时应景，在你家门口挂上鬼魔或大蜘蛛。你也可以什么都不做。一星期后大选结果出来，无论谁当总统，民生大致无变，美国仍然是美国。