Nota Bene

I look forward to fall.

I spend summer wondering why everyone goes on and on about how much they love summer but then spend most of it in air-conditioned rooms. I cast longing glances at my knitting (it’s too hot to get much done) and dwell on the coziness that summer lacks. When it gets too much, I reach for movies (Dead Poets Society is a favourite) and my stash of Victoria magazines. I visit my neglected bakeware and consider recipes that involve ginger and cinnamon.

When fall finally arrives, I’m ready for it.

This time round I have the added pleasure of taking classes at Emily Carr, and have been taking the wee little aqua bus from Yaletown to Granville Island twice a week. The walk from my home to the dock is short, but it’s wonderful, and I’ve been leaving a little early just so I can sit there and watch the gulls and loons as they go about their waterfowl business.

It does make for sleepy mornings, but it’s a good kind of tired, the tired that comes from spending my evening hours at school, learning something that fascinates me.

Is there anything you do in the fall that you look forward to all year?