Harvest Moon, Hometown Spirit

By Karyl Lammers · Sun Oct 05 2025

October is called “The Harvest Season,” symbolizing abundance and gratitude. When you write down what you’re grateful for, it enhances your awareness of abundance. We’re about to experience a shift from summer’s warmth to winter’s embrace. As the leaves change colors, it’s nature’s way of telling us to slow down and let go. Take time to enjoy October’s events, including some of our small-town traditions.

October’s Full Harvest Supermoon arrives on Monday, the 6th. Strange things happen around this moon: It’s close to the Autumnal Equinox, so it’s low on the horizon. Being a Supermoon, it appears larger and brighter than normal and provides farmers with extra hours of light for harvesting later in the evening.

Saturday, October 11, presents our 95th Annual Pioneer Day celebration. Events go on all day long, all over town! The highlight of the day is the parade, which starts at 10 a.m. on Spring Street, honoring our heritage on a personal scale with local legends, tractors, traditions, and community participants. It’s a time when the whole town shows up for a full day of camaraderie! For all the information, visit pasoroblespioneerday.org

The Golden Oak Honey and Pumpkin Festival, along with the Kids Flea Market, will fill the downtown city park on the 18th from 10 a.m. until 4 p.m. There’s even a kids’ spelling bee in the gazebo. It’s an enjoyable day for the whole family, provided by the Downtown Main Street Association. For more details, call (805) 238-4103.

On October 25, from 10 a.m. until 4 p.m., the Downtown City Park entertains everyone with Dia de los Muertos (Day of the Dead) celebration with vendors, dancers, food, and entertainment for the whole family at no charge. Thank you, Downtown Main Street Association. For more details, call (805) 238-4103.

We close this busy month on the last day, Friday, October 31, with the Safe and Fun Halloween and Trick or Treat from 4 until 7 p.m. throughout Downtown Paso. Joining the festivities will be Witches Night Out — great fun, photo-ops, and entertainment everywhere! For more details, call (805) 238-4103. Thank you, Main Street Association, for another great event. You bring our community together in the City Park all year long. You are the number one provider of town spirit, gatherings, and everything that makes Paso stand out among the others!

October is the time to live as Shakespeare suggested: “Wisely and slower. They stumble that run fast.” We’re headed into the holidays, a time when life gets busy, stress enters, and everything seems to speed up. Ernest Hemingway has a great reminder: “I can’t stand to think my life is going so fast and I’m not really living it.”

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