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Citygarden – “Kindly Gepetto” by Tom Otterness, originally uploaded by Nikon66.

You should definitely check out this photographer’s work. His photos of the Citygarden in downtown St. Louis are just incredible. His shots are absolutely inspiring!

I came upon a great independent publication edited and published here in St. Louis, called 52^nd City. It includes photography, poetry, and short stories and the images and writing are outstanding. I own two issues, one titled Foreign Exchange, entirely centered on travel and one titled Sexy, entirely centered on sexuality.

I look forward to purchasing other issues in the future at the incredible printing press Firecracker Press (the printer of 52^nd City and a great independent printer located at 2838 Cherokee Street in my old neighborhood). For those outside of St. Louis who would like to read this great publication, you can purchase issues or subscribe here.  Perhaps one day I will even submit work to this awesome publication!

(A shot I took last year)

Autumn is beginning to show herself in St. Louis.  The temperatures are still wonderfully warm, but the leaves are slowly turning from green to golds, reds, and oranges.

I love the arrival of that crispness in the air, comfy clothing, cozy evenings in, and big mugs of tea, cider, or cocoa.

I celebrated autumn’s return last week with a hot cider.  How do you celebrate autumn’s return?