All right, so it isn't my second consecutive autumn in the Lonestar State, but this will be my second harvest season spent in the state.
Being so close to the desert I wasn't sure I would be able to enjoy much of a fall. Needless to say, I was overwhelmingly pleased when October brought with it refreshing, cool breezes and the smell of greenery becoming dormant.
While there were several days in Austin when the leaves around my apartment turned and stayed yellow, I doubt that such a thing will occur here. I have been warned that local winter winds are something to be feared, but the temperature should maintain something tolerable.
I've been exceedingly busy with publishing projects (as well as with that thing I refer to as a day job). In addition to compiling two cookbooks for myself, I'll be publishing a cookbook with my mother. I'm very excited about this! She and my stepfather own two food manufacturing companies. She's decided to branch into publishing, sharing recipes from their secret files as well as guides for potential small business owners. Our first working title is Inside Glass Jar Goodies. The book will contain all of the recipes used in creating her very well-known "gifts in a jar" mixes. We're talking baked goods ("To Die For Brownies" for instance) as well as soups and other desserts. As a self-published venture, copies should be available on November 1st, just in time for holiday gift-giving.
The five lucky winners who received copies of Apollo Weeps have either begun reading the book or will be shortly. The Australian and British winners may not have received their copies yet. It feels somewhat strange doing the marketing and promotion thing again, but I feel it's much more fulfilling and accessible than it was before, back in 2004.
After working three ten hour shifts within four days I am very excited for the weekend! My fiance and I will be attending the AirSho! I've never been to one. I am SO looking forward to it. You can surely expect pictures. And videos. And lots of words about it afterward.
The two of us would very much like to visit the Texas State Fair in Dallas as well, but scheduling a time for it may prove difficult. My father will be flying in for a visit on the 15th as well. I would like the three of us to get to the local corn maze for some seasonal fun, but we'll have to see what my work schedule is like for that as well. I love autumn! And I haven't seen him since November. It's going to be fun.
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