An essay titled “ Fall Is the Worst Season” by Jia Tolentino on the site Jezebel has been making the rounds. It’s a screed on the horrors of autumn and all that it represents.
In part it reads, “Fall is seasonal twilight, the kind where the air drops 20 degrees when the sun disappears behind the buildings and you look around, suddenly detached from your body, having lost track of your desires.”
But in the Valley, fall means something entirely different. It means the end of the hellish summer and the start of something glorious. Lilia Menconi spends a lot of time outdoors. She is the author of a hiking guide called "Moon Take a Hike Phoenix." She gave her thoughts on the changing season.