Autumn is here, and I’ve got five micro-moments of joy to see us through

For those of us who don’t like the chilly seasons, ‘glimmers’ are the way to go. This year mine are woolly, furry, scaly and crunchy It finally got cold and dark in my neighbourhood last week. While that’s just how I like it, I know not to alienate summer people by celebrating: screw crunchy leaves, soup, cosy sweaters, got it.

I do, actually, sort of get it: fat bear week is over, decay is in the air, we’re dreading what El Niño might do, and somewhere, some content creator is plotting to ruin sofa season with an awful new self-optimisation concept (“Forget the winter arc , lock in for the Shackleton shred: a single rusk and 14-hour sled-pull daily for three months! ”). It’s time to find some “glimmers”, which is what we’re calling little fragments of cheer now. “Micro…