October is the month that it’s suddenly colder. We’ve had a beautiful Indian summer. Yesterday I was with family at the port of Hook of Holland, were you can see our industry and a beautiful skyline of Rotterdam, our main port. It was a wonderful sunny day at the beach, very agreeable. I think the last sunny day since the weather forecast is predicting colder weather. But I like October with its crackling dead leaves under the trees and its beautiful colors.

At WdC October is all about "Letters of Life, Love & Hope"  [18+] so I "Breast Cancer Awareness - Contest & More"  [ASR]. See this beautiful butterfly at the top of this entry. I have to go on my annual checkup tomorrow so I am a bit anxious. But it’s better knowing so I will go, reluctantly.

Furthermore, October is all about Halloween in several parts of the world. In my country we can buy the pumpkins and witches attached to this day, but the trick r treating is not fashionable here so I don’t really celebrate Halloween except on WdC.

I am going to enter "Invalid Item"  to get in the proper writing mood for Halloween. And I probably enter several opportunities for "SCREAMS!!!"  [GC] around the subject of Halloween and try to enter "'SCREAMS!!!' HALLOWEEN CONTEST!"  [GC].

When I was in college I came across Zen meditation, where we practiced Zazen, sitting in Zen. A meditation form where you sit on a cushion, focus on a point ahead and focus on your breathing in and out, and counting. Every time you think something, you stop counting and start anew, still breathing in and out. It is an exercise to let all thoughts pass you by without going into the thoughts. So your mind is blank, you are one with your breathing. It is very difficult at first, but if you practice you notice you can shut out your thoughts in a way.