It’s that time of year. Pumpkins. Foliage. Hayrides. Mums. Making every single word that rhymes with “ock” into a lame play-on-words for October. A few I’ve heard just this week? “Rocktober” for, oh… just about everything. An overly abused variation: “Rocktoberfest.” “Blocktober” for a block party. A local car company, Boch Toyota, playing commercials for their “Bochtober Fest.” And a [...]

We have definitely reached the end of Summer.  And not just “officially,” as noted on the calendar. No, Fall is definitely in the air. Some of the signs? 1) Socks have once again become a requirement for walking around my house. Bare feet = too cold. 2) I can no longer take my sweet time getting out of the shower. [...]

You know summer is over when this is what greets you as you walk into Whole Foods…

Around this time last year, I came across a copy of Margaret Wise Brown’s Goodnight Moon, one of my favorite books from childhood. The goodnight theme seemed to tie in perfectly with summer’s farewell, and I wrote the following post to sum up my thoughts about it. Since we are once again saying goodnight to the season, I thought I [...]