Due to a couple of commitments, I had a very small reading window in August, so the list of books I finished is a short one. And since the busyness has followed me right into September, I don’t have much time for reading—or blogging—this week either. So I’m just going to plop my August reading down here and hope to have a little more time and attention to give September’s post. I hope everyone is having a great start back to school and looking forward to fall as much as I am! Lately, I’ve been thinking about how to cultivate a slower fall. Every season of 2026 has felt unusually busy, and I’m not entirely sure why. Our family has a lot of moving parts right now, which is probably most of the answer, but I keep wondering whether there are things I could simplify or streamline to create a little more margin. I don’t want to do less for the sake of doing less, but do want enough space to to read a little, sit outside while the evenings are pleasant, and cook what I want to cook instead of...