I promised my wife that I would slow down and take some more time to relax. ("Relax?" Isn't that a song from the 80s?") One of the easiest ways to ease back into ... uh, ease would be to read. It's coming up on the best season for reading. I need some recommendations. What's everyone reading?

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It's one of those Monday mornings when I don't want to start. So here's an attempt at an @Amanda Nadarewistsch-style post: Hark! The wind doth whisper secrets through the amber leaves, and lo! The Season of Crispness descendeth upon us like a noble guest draped in wool and wistfulness. 🍁 Dost thou feel it too? The ache for warm cider, the rustle of dreams beneath knitted shawls, the bone-deep pull toward something ancient and uncanny? As the veil betwixt worlds thinneth (👻 oooOooo!), I beseech thee: What intention shall thou set for this enchanted span ‘twixt equinox and frost? Shall ye conjure courage? Or banish procrastination like a foul spirit? Speak, kinfolk! Speak of thy aims, thy quests, thy haunted hopes! Let us be a fellowship of fall. Verified: That is much more fun than day-job work.

It’s difficult sometimes to draw when there’s nothing in your head worth drawing. What do you do when you have downtime?

O! A cloudy sky doth bode well for craft and cunning 🎃. With All Hallows’ Eve nigh upon us, 'tis a most fitting hour to conjure ghastly gourds and spectres foul upon parchment! “What thing would cause thee to leap as though thy soul were startled from thy frame?” Now, shall we sketch a pumpkin possessed, or a ghostly knight risen from his tomb? 👻 So I really love co pilot! I don’t really talk like this, I just find it so interesting to start my mornings with mid evil English. Drives my husband nuts. If this is annoying, I will just talk normal. Let me know!