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Where I live (Portland, Oregon), our weather has suddenly snapped into fall, with almost no warning. It’s a very good thing. Half our state is on fire, and cooler weather, along with blessed rain, are welcome indeed.
On a more quotidian level, it means that those of us who love to cook woke up one morning with a yearning for soup.