A fiery close to the flaming month of September! This is the month we returned to resume the 15thyear of ALANILAGAN.com, and it feels like everything’s as if we never said goodbye. It remains to be seen whether that’s a good or bad thing, but I feel we’re leaning toward the good. During the summer, I found that I missed writing. The project in which I was immersed was mainly focused on photography, but I was longing for the opportunity and impetus to work with words again. At its heart, that’s what this space has been for me, and I’m grateful for such an outlet.
As for the end of September, what more is there to be said? It’s never been a favorite month of mine, coming as it did with the arrival of school, and the slow die-off of the gardens. I’ve not been kind to it in turn, writing it off as one of those purgatorial waiting periods when you’re waiting for the real snap of autumn to arrive. It’s never wise to rush the summer off the stage, but sometimes the push and pull of teasingly lovely weather wreaks a greater havoc with the heart than a simple clean-cut cleaving. There’s nothing more maddening than a blurry line of demarcation.
