𝙴𝚍𝚐𝚊𝚛 𝙰𝚕𝚕𝚊𝚗 𝙿𝚘𝚎, 𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝚂𝚕𝚎𝚎𝚙𝚎𝚛 (𝚘𝚛𝚒𝚐𝚒𝚗𝚊𝚕𝚕𝚢 𝚙𝚞𝚋𝚕𝚒𝚜𝚑𝚎𝚍 𝟷𝟾𝟹𝟷)

“October was always the least dependable of months … full of ghosts and shadows.”

Joy Fielding

“The air of October is sweet and cold as the wine of apples,”

Edgar Lee Masters, from Songs & Satires (1916); “Johnny Appleseed”