It’s Pompano and Circumstance as Prized Seafood Is Still Here; Compost Into the Great Beyond

I think we oversold “It’s better in September,” to the point the month has become a mere add-on to summerness, based on crowds, traffic signals and temperatures. I’ll now venture – and believe – that it’s “Better in October.”

Just a quick note that October is a decidedly oddball month. In name, it’s a miscounted misfit derived from the Latin word octo, meaning eight. Clearly, October is the 10th of months in modern terms.

October’s numerical name comes compliments of its birthplace within the ten-month Roman calendar, where it reigned as…