{"id":3268,"date":"2011-09-23T12:19:38","date_gmt":"2011-09-23T17:19:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.christophergronlund.com\/blog\/tjw\/?p=3268"},"modified":"2011-09-23T12:19:38","modified_gmt":"2011-09-23T17:19:38","slug":"charging-into-fall","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.christophergronlund.com\/blog\/tjw\/2011\/09\/23\/charging-into-fall\/","title":{"rendered":"Charging into Fall"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright\" title=\"Autumn leaves.\" src=\"http:\/\/www.christophergronlund.com\/blog\/tjw\/images\/autumnleaves.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"365\" \/>My favorite season has arrived!<\/p>\n<p>While it&#8217;s usually in the 90s in north Texas on the first day of fall, today&#8217;s low was in the upper 50s. Windows are open, and everything smells wonderful.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s funny how the change of a season and the weather can affect something like writing.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>A New Start<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Businesses have fiscal years that differ from the calendar year. As a writer, I work on a different year, too; as a writer, my year begins with the arrival of autumn!<\/p>\n<p>Even on the warmer days, just knowing that the leaves will soon change color and cooler weather will become the norm creates a certain energy for me. Always has, and I suspect it always will.<\/p>\n<p>Whether I&#8217;m in the middle of a big writing project or starting something new, when the calendar rolls over to September, anticipation settles in. By the end of the month, I end up writing with even <em>more <\/em>passion than usual.<\/p>\n<p>So even though it will come close to the 90s later this afternoon and climb into the mid-90s for the next week or so, if I close the windows in time, I can pretend it&#8217;s cool outside and let the words flow this weekend!<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Your Favorite Season<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>How about you &#8212; is there a season that seems to make you want to write just a little more? Share your favorite season in the comments, and have a very snazzy weekend!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My favorite season has arrived! While it&#8217;s usually in the 90s in north Texas on the first day of fall, today&#8217;s low was in the upper 50s. Windows are open, and everything smells wonderful. It&#8217;s funny how the change of a season and the weather can affect something like writing. A New Start Businesses have [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":""},"categories":[23],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.christophergronlund.com\/blog\/tjw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3268"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.christophergronlund.com\/blog\/tjw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.christophergronlund.com\/blog\/tjw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.christophergronlund.com\/blog\/tjw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.christophergronlund.com\/blog\/tjw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3268"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.christophergronlund.com\/blog\/tjw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3268\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.christophergronlund.com\/blog\/tjw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3268"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.christophergronlund.com\/blog\/tjw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3268"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.christophergronlund.com\/blog\/tjw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3268"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}