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It's been a long one. Despite the equinox and darker clouds, it's not Fall quite yet. The city was still basking in sunlight for most of September. I could still do most of my evening runs in shorts, and the garden is still full of life. But I'm ready for autumn storms to blow my troubles away, for rain to give me a clean slate and a fresh start after months of aimlessly drifting through lazy summer days. It's been a long one, but it's time to see what the next chapter will bring.
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it's autumn now.... and that's ok....
Sep 16, 2024
it last for a week total before it gets too cold and all the leaves are gone, but for now, there’s a breeze in the air, sun in the sky and peace in my mind. i love autumn!
Sep 25, 2024
despite what the lamestream media wants you to believe, summer isn’t over for another week, and what we’re in now is the crust summer—which, much like the crust of a pizza, is an adjunct experience of the whole which is worth savoring in and of itself. and don’t get it twisted, i’m a big autumn boy myself. but, while I’m not huge on core summer, the decrescendo of summer might be second place behind fall.
so don’t jump the gun on pumpkin spices and harvest themes just because the fiscal calendar requires companies to sell you on autumnal parafernalia without consulting the position of the earth relative to the sun. go sit in some grass at sunset and enjoy the temperate weather and listen to ambient music and read a fun novel and have a whole pizza and a bottle of natty wine all to yourself (or something to that effect) and drink up the last saccharine dregs of summer before autumn comes in ernest.
Sep 16, 2024
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I'm a July baby. Growing up, I spent most of my birthdays alone. Some years because my friends had left the country. Some years because I'd left the country. Some years because I had no friends. And with every year passing, the pressure to spend my birthday surrounded by friends and family and to have a good time increased. Every year I felt like a failure when I couldn't make it happen. So I stopped telling people it's my birthday.
But today is my 28th birthday.
Jul 17, 2024
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I hadn't seen my friend since New Year's Eve. Now it was October, her wedding day, and she barely gave me the chance to gush over her gorgeous dress, her makeup, her jewelry.
"You look happier," she said. "Your energy has changed. It's much calmer now. I'm happy for you."
I love her for taking the time out of her special day to notice me like that.
Oct 13, 2024
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"If the two of you are so good together, why don't you make a move?" my friend asked me in a dream about the guy I was ever so slowly falling for. Those words echoed through my mind for months, from the first date till the final breakup.
Jun 14, 2024