Weekend Reads v. 20.9.2024

We see you, autumn!

This Highland coo (cow to Sassenachs & Yanks) felt very Autumn to me. Credit: Anton Andreev

Summer has packed her bags and is awaiting the cue to exit stage left just in time for autumnal equinox to visit us on Sunday. Where I live, people know we aren’t out of the woods when it comes to weather. The calendar may say pumpkin spice and everything nice, but we all know a blistering hot and humid spell could befall us at any moment between now and December. Odds of hot weather ruining a perfect autumn weekend increase if you decide to sport boots, an on-trend barn jacket, and that felted wool hat you bought in Bozeman. (Reader, that person was me. I bought the felted wool hat in Bozeman and have zero regrets.)

Here’s to a weekend spent saying a fond farewell to summer and offering a perfectly crisp and chilly welcome to autumn.

Crocheted sneakers are apparently a thing. I don’t know what to tel…