october

September is half over. October is almost here. I think that’s my favorite month.

Autumn was always my favorite season, but for some reason Summer crept in and that was my favorite for a few years, but now we are back to Autumn as being my favorite.

The cool weather, the colorful leaves, Autumn is really the best time of year.

I’ll be in New York City soon for Comic Con and for pumpkin and apple picking upstate New York. The city is always so great with so much going on – the green market, of course, museums, musicians on the streets and in the parks.

Last year, a bunch of us were at a restaurant in Brooklyn, talking about a cousin’s upcoming wedding in the summer, which recently passed. And now it’s a year later. Time flies and other times it doesn’t. That’s a good headline for this post.

I often think about spending time in New England for an extended period. You know, like get an Airbnb for a couple of months, maybe three months. In my head, I often think summer would be best, but I bet fall would be even better.

The Lake House we stayed in this past summer.

The lake house we stayed in during the summer would be a perfect spot. It’s not too far from the New England border of Vermont and Massachusetts. And I can get to all of New England from there on day trips. I can work while I’m there, do my cartoons, get a different creative spirit from being there, get ideas for cartoons that I wouldn’t otherwise think while home in Miami.

A friend just left for Italy. She is meeting up with other friends next week, but she went early to immerse herself in the culture. She takes Italian classes and lives with a family in a room in their house, an Airbnb situation. So she wanders around along, takes it all in, and then meets up with friends and does that.

I envy that. Not that she’s in Italy, although I would love to spend months in Tuscany, but because she gets out and immerses herself in a different place, sort of like I would like to do in Upstate New York or New England.

Speaking of pumpkin picking, I saw this in Target the other day – fresh pumpkins for $4.00 each! So it’s either this or Hudson Valley. I joked about having to make a choice, but of course Hudson Valley is the way!