September? ‘Sridiculous! I’m such a wank-off. So I’ve been thinking about candy a lot lately, perhaps because the autumnal equinox and its incurrent chill in the air has me daydreaming about hallowe’en and—what else?—bucketfuls of bite-sized, chocolate-covered goodness. It’s much more appealing than huge slabs of chocolate-covered goodness because, hey, it’s only just one little bitsy bite. Mmm! tasty! and now you’re done! I need to think about sewing, and blogging (and cleaning, saving money, spending time with loved ones, planting flowers, and life in general) in much the same way. Just a little bit here! mmm! lookit how lovely such a petite incarnation can be! Because eventually, you eat pounds and pounds of candy; sew up entire garments; blog yourself into some kind of analytic significance; save enough money to buy bitchin’ pairs of Marséll shoes and all that other stuff. So: watch for my random thoughts which may not be so lucky as to be piled into Casseroles of Verbosity. (Which are awesome besides! who doesn’t love potatoes?!)

Today’s bitty thought: I’ve got to preshrink my navy melton so as to really get thinking about making my cape. Subtext to today’s bitty thought: I’m totally going to make a cape! I’ve got two yards of a nice navy wool melton, ditto for some fancy silk-blend brocade for to line it, and a pattern and everything. I think I may just dunk a bedsheet in the bathtub and do a london shrink, or I might toss it in the washer and then let it air dry? What I do know, however, is that it’s cool and cloudy and windy enough today to make me wish I had a toasty wool cape to wear right this instant.