Fall weekends in the Northeast mean brunch, hikes, apple picking, and pumpkin spice microbrews. Okay, not the pumpkin beer, but everything else. Pictures from last weekend.

Mental health resources for teens in this country are TERRIBLE. Great interactive article from the New York Times.

School boards are usually just a rubber stamp. More performative than effective, on a good day. We won’t talk about the bad days.

A Fairfax County mom, frustrated with the lack of focus on education by the @fcpsnews school board, meticulously went through each of last year's meetings, calculated time spent on topics to find that academics were almost completely ignored. pic.twitter.com/qZGByW2sP7

— Fairfax County Parents Association (@FFXParentsAssoc) October 10, 2022

Northeastern law school accidentally admitted thousands of students, and then had to write them another email informing them that the previous email was not accurate.

Kanye is super dangerous. He’s got that celebrity magic going on, which is never taken seriously enough by the press, and he’s completely insane.

Cooking: Creamy Cauliflower soup (a little bland, definitely needed herbs from the garden)

Shopping: Nothing. I’m in a huge purge mode. Tossing out clothes and concentrating on dropping ten pounds. And then we will rebuild.

Health: Drink cold water during the day, because your body has to use up energy to get it to room temperature, which speeds up your metabolism. Should you listen to me? No, I have no clue what I”m talking about, but it sounds good.