Out of Mrs. C's Enchiridion

Let us recall

Evening

Here dies another day
During which I have had eyes, ears, hands
And the great world round me;
And with tomorrow begins another.
Why am I allowed two?

--Uncle Gilbert

And so I am reminded that it's much too long since I did one of these.

$$\begin{array}{rl} \mathrm{XXVI} &\mbox{All this crazy internet}\\ \mathrm{XXVII} &\mbox{Friends with excellent Common Sense}\\ \mathrm{XXVIII} & \mbox{Small towns just a train-ride away}\\ \mathrm{XXIX} & \mbox{The stars over cornfields}\\ \mathrm{XXX} &\mbox{Birthdays in the family} \end{array}$$