I’m happy to highlight the events of October 2025 – bookish and nonbookish! It’s a snapshot in time. 

In a year that feels like it’s moving rather slowly, I feel like I blinked and October is over! As I write this, our neighborhood is full of the sounds of trick or treaters, and I’ve so enjoyed handing out candy and hearing jokes. 

In October, we attended a fundraiser for the theater company my daughter attends and it was a lovely evening out, even though I was up way past my (very early) bedtime. We put up our Halloween decorations earlier in the month, enjoyed a few days off school here and there. We also loved seeing our daughter in a high school production of Arsenic and Old Lace. We got flu shots and even washed our windows one weekend. 

I read fewer books than normal for me, but I felt like I slowed down and enjoyed them. Audiobooks are so helpful when there isn’t a lot of time to sit down and read. We are off this coming Monday, and I’m so hoping for some time with my book and a blanket.