So much is made of the approach of fall. Rightly so, I think. It's a refreshing time, a time when new routines are formed and we draw more toward home. It's a time for the return of familiar flavors and scents and sights, even sounds. We all have special moments we look forward to in autumn: spotting that first brilliant orange leaf on a tree in your own front yard; biting into the perfect apple from a local orchard; that wonderful dusky purple that edges the sunset; lighting candles of an evening; pulling on a sweater and snuggling in.
September is difficult, though, because as much as we want it to be fall, it just isn't yet. All the back-to-school promotions and decorations in classrooms would lead you to believe it should be, but the temperature is still quite warm and there's nothing yet of the tell-tale crispness in the air. So, before you let September get by you for wishing it was something it's not, I suggest you make a list of things to relish about it and make a point of celebrating each one. Before long, you'll realize the dream of autumn's arrival; just don't miss the transitional time between. It holds its own sorts of delights.
My September relishes include: the first home football game that requires me to wear a jacket and allows me to comfortably drink a hot chocolate from concessions; buying a new nail polish or lipstick in something brown or burgundy or russet; and baking zucchini bread.
What do you relish about September?
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