Autumnal Joys and Preserving Traditions

Well, autumn is my favorite month and I would say, well, after summer, but autumn is a great month because I always associate it with, I don't know why, kind of going back to school, new beginnings. I'm from America originally and Michigan, which is noted for its crisp autumns. come from all over the world to see the trees and the colors and so for me it's really really positive all those oranges and yellows and and the kind of slight Christmas in the air and so I associate it with pumpkins and cinnamon and all those good things and getting ready for Christmas so that poses no challenges to me. I like the way the days start to, we have the equinox in September, which is my favorite proportion of light and dark, and light and dark is very important to me. So that to me is the optimal, and I have no challenges with that month at all. It beckons slow cooking, harvest, apples, there's so much produce. I like to do a lot of preserving. I do a lot of kind of where you vinegar, you pickle green beans, you pickle cucumbers, you can pickle red cabbage, you can make sauerkraut. So it's, to me, a time of drawing everything in and preparing for the winter and trying to stay well during the winter months, which are probably most challenging for all of us in many ways.