Published in The Packet
Like Anne of Green Gables, “I’m so glad I live in a world
where there are Octobers.” This month is flying by in a blur of gorgeous
foliage, costume making, and chilly back yard romps with the dog.
If you don’t find yourself gushing
about the arrival of fall, here are five effortless ways to crush your
ambivalence.
Bake pumpkin muffins. I promised these
suggestions would be effortless, so if you don’t have at your disposal a great-great
grandmother’s treasured recipe with fifteen ingredients in it, feel free to use
my two-ingredient recipe. Mix a yellow cake mix with a can of pure pumpkin,
plop it in a muffin tin, and bake at 350 degrees for 25 minutes. If you’re
feeling really fancy, add some chocolate chips. One bite of this moist,
delicious, treat will have you reveling in pumpkin season.
If you don’t have half an hour to spend baking, spend a few seconds to light a pumpkin scented candle. The
dim, romantic flickering of a flame and the smell of pumpkin pie provides a
quick treat to the senses. The smell will remind you of scrumptious baked goods
and Thanksgiving feasting. It might also stir up your libido. A few years ago
The Smell and Taste Treatment and Research Foundation in Chicago discovered
that the scent of pumpkin pie increases sexual desire in women and penile blood
flow in men. Who knew fall was such a sexy season?
Take a walk with your camera.
The crisp air will awaken your senses. Plus, there is something about looking
at the world through a lens that encourages you to slow down and notice the
minute details of fall that we ordinarily drive past without a second
thought. Delicate acorns, the veins
within the showy leaves, early morning frost on dead tree branches, are visual
poetry for you to discover.
It
is hard to not associate the arrival of fall with returning to school. This
fall, awaken the old school-age rhythms within you and go learn something new. Try attending a martial arts class, make
something crafty, or pick up a musical instrument. With kids in school, many
parents have more time in their schedules to check out classes for themselves
that conveniently start new fall schedules.
My
favorite thing to do in October is to enjoy
a good mystery. Read a gothic thriller, have a Harry Potter movie marathon,
or watch BBC’s Sherlock on Netflix. It doesn’t matter how you experience the
mystery or who you experience it with, so long as you enjoy your mystery curled
up under a blanket, preferably with a bowl of popcorn and a cup of hot
chocolate.
Happy fall friends!
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