It's 6:53 am on a very quiet Sunday morning. We are having our first cold snap in Vancouver and it won't get above 7 C with our first possibility of snow tonight, but it will be gloriously sunny. It's a very bewitching season and I know today will stand out in memory for all the golden colours the sun will reveal before everything goes to sleep.

I usually see these newsletters within hours of your sending on Saturday afternoons, one of the calmest times of the chaotic week.

I really love the rain, but we get a lot of it. Something about your soothing words in the newsletters rewires my memories to think it's a little bit sunny every time I receive them!