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The website content is an October-themed reflection centered on the color orange, with a focus on pumpkins and the natural beauty of sunrise and sunset, inviting readers to share their orange-themed creations.

Abstract

The article titled "Orange You Glad It’s October?" celebrates the color orange as the embodiment of October, listing various shades and associations that make it a warm and inviting hue. It encourages readers to embrace the season by enjoying pumpkin-flavored treats, such as the popular pumpkin spice latte, and by appreciating the vibrant orange colors in nature, as captured in the photographs of Diana Lotti's pumpkin patch. The author, Dennett, draws a poetic parallel between sunrise and sunset, both painted with strokes of orange, as twins that bookend the day. The piece serves as a writing prompt, inviting contributions that explore the theme of orange in various forms, including photography, poetry, songs, and stories, with no deadline for submissions.

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  • The author expresses a personal fondness for the color orange, describing it as cheery, warm, and spicy.
  • There is an appreciation for the seasonal change marked by the color orange, particularly in the context of autumn.
  • The author values community engagement and creativity, as evidenced by the open invitation to respond to the writing prompt with orange-themed works.
  • There is a sense of gratitude towards Diana Lotti for sharing her images, which are seen as emblems of autumn.
  • The author hints at a local connection or pride, mentioning the local college football team's colors but choosing to focus on the broader theme of orange.
  • Dennett poetically muses on the symmetry and beauty of sunrise and sunset, suggesting they are indistinguishable from each other when painted with the same orange hues.

Orange You Glad It’s October?

Photo by Diana Lotti — Permission Granted

To me, October is a color — the color of orange.

Pumpkin, burnt, terracotta, tangerine, peach, carrot, rust, ginger, and amber.

Orange is one of my favorite colors. It’s cheery and warm and spicy.

And, of course, all things pumpkin. Have you had your first PSL of the season? (For non-coffee drinkers, that’s a pumpkin spice latte.)

Diana Lotti is graciously allowing us the pleasure of seeing her photographed pumpkin patch as our October banner — thank you, Diana! See those orange circles? They are the emblems of autumn.

So, what is our October writing prompt?

Orange, of course!

Everything and anything orange — photos, but also poems, songs, and stories — anything that has orange as its theme. Our local college football team’s colors are orange and blue. I could write about them, but I’ll refrain. Still, you get the idea. Drown me in orange!

Twins

© Dennett — Sunrise or Sunset?

Sunrise and sunset, nature’s twins, brushing the sky with strokes of orange, bookends of the same long day. Which one is which, can you tell?

© Dennett — Sunrise or Sunset?

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