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Ode to October: Celebrating the Autumn Scenery

Brooke Hinzman
Maty Swartz
This article is written by a student writer from the Her Campus at WVWC chapter.

Who doesn’t love October? The leaves change colors and the air gets crisp, so we have the perfect excuse to stay outside and enjoy the weather rather than being cooped up in our dorms studying. So, without further ado, this is our ode to every collegiette’s favorite month:

“I notice Autumn is more the season of the soul than of nature.” – Friedrich Nietzsche

“October, crisp, misty, golden October, when the light is sweet and heavy.” – Angela Carter

“In October any wonderful unexpected thing might be possible.” – Elizabeth George Speare

“Life starts all over again when it gets crisp in the fall.” – F. Scott Fitzgerald

“She looked like autumn, when leaves turned and fruit ripened.” – Sarah Addison Allen

“Autumn, the season that teaches us that change can be beautiful.”

“Autumn is a second spring when every leaf is a flower.” – Albert Camus

“I’m so glad I live in a world where there are Octobers.” – L. M. Montgomery

Maty Swartz

WVWC '18

Maty recently graduated Summa Cum Laude from West Virginia Wesleyan College (WVWC), and she couldn’t be more excited to return to the Her Campus family as a member of the Community Team.  Maty’s passion for writing has guided her through most of her adult life, and it eventually brought her to to the Her Campus Chapter Network as a Style Blogger for Her Campus WVWC. Maty would go on to become Campus Correspondent of her chapter, as well as an intern for Her Campus National and a Chapter Advisor.  Through her different roles at HC, Maty quickly fell in love with the mission and purpose of the Her Campus Chapter Network—and in her new role, Maty has the rare and coveted opportunity to do what she loves on a daily basis by working with a growing network of 360+ college chapters.    When Maty isn’t at the office, she’s usually out exploring, cooking some random recipe she found on Pinterest, or cuddling with her adorable corgi, Winnie.  Follow Maty on Twitter and Instagram !