November is here. A few years ago I used to find November a depressing month after all the fun of Halloween and before the bright lights of Christmas. But as a Halloween aficionado, I enjoy keeping the spooky decorations up until mid November before switching over to the yuletide ones, and I find all the seasonal cheer keeps my mood up in the darker months. Especially with seasonal affective disorder so prevalent here in the northern hemisphere with the shorter days, any extra lighting certainly helps. It’s good to be mindful of things to keep one’s spirits up.
Starting a new position certainly helps with that too. My new bookish venture for November is that I’m starting a part-time library post in addition to teaching creative writing, which I started last month. I will soon be in book paradise, hurray!
I wonder if working in a library will mean that I won’t be shopping for books as much, seeing as I will have no excuse not to borrow more books? Hmm. Only time will tell…
Leilanie Stewart 
Congratulatons! And if your own books aren’t already in the library, you can quietly slip a few copies into the system? And get ready for the slew of requests from hangers-on like me to send you our books so you can do likewise, lol. 🙂
Thank you! My books were already in the library, though they might ‘suddenly’ be on display much more 😂. I definitely think more authors should get their books in libraries. The public lending fund isn’t that much money, but at least getting borrowed is another way to reach readers. 🌞