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What Octobers Are For
A Feel Good List
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2 min readOct 1, 2023
Octobers are for finding joy in the smallest details of this enchanting season. Here are some of my favorite things about October.
- Transitions, the air getting a tad colder by the day
- Cold mornings and warm afternoons
- Wearing your favorite sweater
- Indulging in that hot cup of sweet spiced anything
- Mornings start to darken, inviting the cold and calm of seasons next
- Pumpkin everything! Literally.
- Tending to the garden, the tomatoes are gone, and the wet earth and rot rise to the surface when you pluck these withered stems from the ground
- Sharing your harvest with your neighbors
- Afternoon walks, crunchy leaves underfoot, the cool air tinged with woodsmoke and damp leaves
- Gathering by a bonfire
- Apple picking in warm orchards
- Baking with the apples you picked
- Football games
- Costuming and candy
- Reading a cozy novel, immersed in mystery, these are on my list: “The Secret History” by Donna Tartt, “Still Life” by Louise Penny
- Reaching toward a warm and cozy fragrance
