I AM A SUMMER PERSON. I have to say it in all caps because it is not cool. Cool people love fall (they're cool, get it? A punny joke only a summer person would make.). They love boots and sweaters. I'm from the Bay Area. We could wear boots and sweaters all year long. I like boots and sweaters the way I like jeans and vanilla. But sunshine and going sockless at night? Is special! Fall to me spells the coming dreariness of rushing kids to school in dark, cold mornings, and dri

November chill has a way of shocking us into the realization of the passage of time. The quality of the chill on skin is different from the uniformity of summer’s conditioned indoor air. November’s air, not far from this northern hemisphere coastline, is wild, intemperate, prickly. It’s an awakening in the midst of a season preparing for sleep. This is what it feels like to me: #seasonal