When our editorial board wrapped up a meeting a couple of weeks ago, the porch light flicked on as we stepped out the door. A sure sign, we thought, that summer is winding down and the evenings are closing in earlier and earlier.
But then we noticed something unexpected: a monarch chrysalis clinging to the siding, right beside the front door. Carmen had been tracking where over 20 monarchs landed in her garden and quietly transformed.
I’ve always associated butterflies with spring. This sign of new beginnings showing up in late summer is a good reminder that change can come at any time.
This issue of the Barnacle carries that spirit forward, with a few ideas for stepping out of your shell as the season turns. Whether it’s booking an afternoon tea close to home or wandering into one of the lesser-known local museums, fall offers its own fresh starts.
Even as the leaves begin to fall, we can ask for newness, we can ask for change.
– Sal Falk, Editor-in-chief
The Barnacle Box is Back in Lunenburg!
For the readers who saunter around the streets of Lunenburg and were missing grabbing their paper from the box on King St, fear not! The Barnacle Box now sits in front of Block Shop Books on Montague St.
