October is a special month for me. I was born on its last day a couple of lifetimes ago, so there is that. And, as always, October brings us fall — my favorite season.

When I share that love of fall, people either gush, “Me, too!” or, “Really?? But it’s getting dark … ” and I hear the stirrings of a dread of Seasonal Affective Disorder. SAD is nothing to ignore, and my heart goes out to those of us affected. For me the introvert, though, in the colder months it’s permission to get cozy early with a hot drink and get lost in a book. Not gloating in any way, though — I’m one of those who tends toward SAD in the summer.

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