notes & things | 10/7/2025
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Today is the first day in a few that has dipped back down to ordinary October temperatures, or at least what we expect of October, though we don't always get it. The leaves are slowly shifting their colors, including the ones out near the street I catch sight of with a slight startle every once in a while. Last night, storms blue in and left more fall-ish weather in their wake, scattering a lot of the less tenacious leaves. Tomight, J is making beef stew, since it's officially the season for it. We are loosely planning a trip north in a couple of weeks to go up to see fall color and maybe stay in a cabin or lodge, so fall is happening, so I am trying to hold on to the good, despite the madness of the headlines and the parade of videos featuring people being snatched off the street.
Earlier today, I spent a few hours working on the prototype deck for the Poe tarot deck that has been in the works for awhile. I am hoping to have them done and available in the shop by the end of the month. I also ordered some new totes (see above) for the offerings, as well as a journal/planner I will be showing off when I have the first one in hand, all part of my plan to develop the non-book offerings in the shop.
Work continues of edits for CLOVEN, and I should have a clean version before we hit November, which could mean a release in December if all goes well. Things are also progressing on the new book manuscript, AMERICAN CYCLORAMA. The one benefit of feeling higher-strung than usual is that it often means my writing comes swifter and more regularly, though its not always the best stuff I fear. Still, its something to focus on when everything else seems chaos and upheaval.
With the dwindling evening light, I can feel November just beyond the turn ahead and it feels like it will be unbearable as it always is. I do not recommend losing both parents in the same month (albeit thankfully 5 years apart.) It was never my favorite month but even less so now, and considering the long winter that stretches afterward it feels even more perilous a time.
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