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The earth is going through its beautiful old cycle of change this month. She’s giving up her sexy green heat and showing her roots, taking a rest from the cabaret act of summer and
Swapping the Sun’s glaring footlights for a mellow gold moon. October is Mother Earth’s homebody, the calendar’s domestic goddess. She’s pumpkin and plaid, wool and red wine, pajamas by 9 and news at 11. Her perfume is fallen leaves and wood smoke with a hint of candy corn. She loves chili and cornbread, half-time shows and hometown teams, plum-brown lipstick and
Well-Seasoned Jeans. October is porch lights and reading lamps, oatmeal for breakfast and flannel for bed. But she still believes in black cats and haunted houses, magic and mischief and getting lost in a maze. Part good girl, part spice girl, our homecoming queen on a broom. Cover copy by Nikki Hardin, art by Tiffany Sims
“I’m so glad I live in a world where there are Octobers.” L.M. Montgomery