A few things.

1. The Gavle Goat survived last year, I think I forgot to note that closer to when it was confirmed. (Editor’s note: see “A little late…“)
2. There continue to be all kinds of tomten for all kinds of occasions, and I continue to not know why. I’ve now seen them for Halloween, generic fall-festival-ness, Fourth of July, and others that are currently slipping my mind.
3. Since the Fall Equinox (9/23), I’ve been absolutely inundated with vibes. It’s not uncommon for me to pick up on changes like this, but this year has been especially bad so far, and the days are only getting shorter as of this writing. Everything feels different. Storms, days, nights, all of it. I keep getting the impression that but for certain conditions, I can’t stay outside for too long. (I shouldn’t, especially as winter approaches, because hypothermia is a very real danger, but this is something different.) I keep flashing back to the Samhain I saw a probably normal black dog, but it felt like a Thing. And Jason and the Scorchers were right: “The chill in the air wakes the ghosts of the ground.”
   The ghosts of the ground are waking.
   We’ll see how this goes.