It makes me older
Truthfully I've never been one to dread birthdays and I do love October. The smell of unevironmentally-friendly burning leaves is one of my most favoritists scents. The air is crisp but not cold and we still get the occasional summery day. It's the best.

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Trees give peace to the souls of men * Nora Waln

The forest would be very quiet if no other birds sang than those who sing the best * Henry van Dyke

some fairly sordid tales, rambles, and anecdotes
Hypothetically Speaking * Something More * Cammy Interrupted * An Experimental Vacation * Masked * so..damn..hot * Thank You * My toy, his idea * no.19 Maple Lane * I Have A Surprise For You * Yesterday * In a Quiet Kitchen * help me decide * untitled prose * more untitled prose

Our little town features a pumpkin canning plant (about 50% of the US canned pumpkins are from here) and watching dozens upon dozens of trucks from all over the mid-west rolling in to off-load their harvest is fun to see. They pull onto a rack, get fastened down, and the whole rig ... tractor and trailer ... get tilted up to let the pumpkins slide off the truck. Amazing. The plant runs night and day through most of September and October or beyond.

I'd have to count the so-far successful (but also continuing) rescue of the trapped Chilean miners as awesome.

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On the kinkometer, my kink measures as a sine wave.

I also love the topics I teach in October. I love teaching kids about nocturnal animals and adaptations. I love it when they start questioning what they have been told or previously held beliefs.

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The practice of putting women on pedestals began to die out when it was discovered that they could give orders better from there.~ Betty Grable

If I wanted your opinion, I'd remove the duct tape and ask you for it.~ Me
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One man's dream is another man's nightmare~~~~> §¤ Lilith ¤§
~>My Scribbles<~
==>Gone Shopping<== ~Just a Quickie~ *~A Celebration Vacation~* ~Surprises~ Sleeping With the Window Open
What Did You Do Today? Self Defense Class ~Short Sweet Snippets~ § Summer Spin § Story Challenge Submission Pajamas

I like donning a costume on the last day of the month.

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Put me on wheels and I'll turn tricks.

Clever? Nah, I ran out of that years ago. But if you find this, let me know, k?
"The road goes ever on..." ~ Tolkien

In memory of my friend skip...
Go then, there are other worlds than these

A big-A belt and fishskin levis?

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Calm, quiet, smooth, devastating

It would have been STO's 38th birthday Saturday the 23rd. I miss him. I have lost a couple of people I never even got to hold in my arms whose birthdays were in October and so October is wistful for me. This thread was part of my effort to remind myself of all the reasons to still love it.

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The practice of putting women on pedestals began to die out when it was discovered that they could give orders better from there.~ Betty Grable

If I wanted your opinion, I'd remove the duct tape and ask you for it.~ Me
<~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~>
One man's dream is another man's nightmare~~~~> §¤ Lilith ¤§
~>My Scribbles<~
==>Gone Shopping<== ~Just a Quickie~ *~A Celebration Vacation~* ~Surprises~ Sleeping With the Window Open
What Did You Do Today? Self Defense Class ~Short Sweet Snippets~ § Summer Spin § Story Challenge Submission Pajamas

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Put me on wheels and I'll turn tricks.

Clever? Nah, I ran out of that years ago. But if you find this, let me know, k?
"The road goes ever on..." ~ Tolkien

In memory of my friend skip...
Go then, there are other worlds than these

The birthday becomes the remembrance day.

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Calm, quiet, smooth, devastating