THEY HAVE ARRIVED. The days that we've all been waiting for. Or at least me.
Cloud-covered skies, consistent breeze running through my hair, sporadic rain. Gourds and pumpkins and pops of orange everywhere. Whispers of autumnal festivities and dinner parties and gatherings. As with the change of every season, this is the time when we gather together, when we commune to express our gratitude and celebrate the newness. My wardrobe changes to black and gray and brown and oxblood. During this season I just can't hide my excitement. I think there's a consistent glimmer in my eyes, a subtle, never-ending grin on my lips. I can't make it go away, and I don't want to.
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It's September. We've entered the month of "please start turning to autumn, please let's leave summer behind," if you're like me. I'm ready for jeans and closed-toed shoes and smells other than burning asphalt.
As of late I've been thinking of topics to write about. I've found that it's frighteningly easy for me to return again and again to morosity. It feels strangely natural to release the fact that I am encountering a difficult moment in my life, that most of the time my situation feels hopeless with only slight bouts of light. And maybe it is just natural, since I am human and sinful and will not ever get it right.
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This baby... Is not your common cake. No, sir. This cake, it's one of a kind.
Honestly, this guy didn't come out as I intended him to. I set out to create a fluffy yellow cake to pair with creamy milk chocolate- ya know, the traditional birthday cake type. It came out quite different, but I'm seriously glad it did. I've never eaten a layer cake like this one.
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