It’s autumn at last!
I mean, sure, it’s been autumn, technically, for about two weeks now. But still, it’s autumn!
And sure, “meteorological autumn” started a month ago, but this is different. This is October. So, we have Meteorological Autumn, which starts September 1; we have Astronomical Autumn (the traditional Autumn), which starts roughly September 20 or 21, depending on when exactly the Autumnal Equinox happens; and then I would posit we have Emotional Autumn, which for me starts either October 1 or whenever the Ithaca Apple Harvest Festival happens, whichever comes first. So now we’re really into Emotional Autumn, when the leaves start turning and the football season is heating up as teams shake off the preseason jitters and as baseball is getting exciting (unless you’re a Pirates fan, in which case you’re annually shocked to learn that they let the good teams keep playing baseball after the season ends) and as hockey is doing…whatever it is that hockey does, I guess.
So, let’s spend October listening to autumn songs! And who better to lead off than Nat King Cole?
