Five Stories for Autumn Lovers

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The pumpkin patch was a sweaty place to visit this year. My friends and I made our annual trip to Maryland to buy apple-cider donuts, admire the changing leaves, and get lost in a stunningly complicated corn maze—but we hadn’t accounted for the sun beating down on us, peaking near 80 degrees in early October.