It is time for us to do what we have been doing and that time is every day.  ~ Kamala Harris

Hot damn, dear reader…today is the first day of Fall.  This fills my heart with joy.  If the seasons were a weekend, Fall would be my Friday: once you get through the first half, you can use the second half to go raise hell.  And once it ends, you’ve still got Saturday (Winter) and Sunday (Spring) yet to come.  It’s a great time of year on the Gallaway calendar.

I’m also glad to see the arrival of Fall because this entire summer, I’ve been in a bit of a funk.

It was already pissing me off in May, and it’s only seemed to alleviate in the last week or so.  I think I’ve pinned down the cause(s), but that’s pretty irrelevant: the last few months have been a frustrating pain in the hole.

It’s put the writing a bit behind schedule, but if I keep having weeks like last week, I’ll be caught up in no time.  At our recent planning meeting, we got the everything scheduled for the next two years.  It is a rather audacious plan, admittedly, but if I can implement it effectively…it will be glorious, dear reader.  The next six weeks will be telling.  My plan is to just keep my head down and grind.

Things you should know about September 22: on this day in 1791, British physicist, chemist, and all-around badass Michael Faraday was born.  The first issue of National Geographic was published in 1888 (see Gen Zers, there used to be these things called magazines….).  September 22 was also the end of the Salem Witch Trials in 1692, with the last executions taking place on this day.

N.P.: “Heavy Boots” – Dalbello