With Labor Day now behind us, thoughts turn to the ending of the year; those crisp days of knit scarves and falling leaves, when deep aromas of damp earth and loam foretell boughs heavy with fruit and fields of ripe pumpkins awaiting the… Read More ›
Mr. Macklin takes his knife And carves the yellow pumpkin face: Three holes bring eyes and nose to life, The mouth has thirteen teeth in place. Then Mr. Macklin just for fun Transfers the corn-cob pipe from his Wry mouth… Read More ›
These are the perfect things to combine together as part of the annual Halloween sports competition, The Hallolympics. The Hayride Apple Pick is part of the “motorized” set of events (which also includes “Chainsaw Over-the-Head Waving” and “Trying to Get… Read More ›
Kittens, today marks a turn of the wheel; summer slowly dying into autumn in the northern hemisphere, turning the air crisp and chill with the knowledge of coming winter. Of course, the first day of fall means Halloween is just over a… Read More ›
Halloween time is especially great because signals the end of worrying about diets and whatnot. Bathing suit weather is almost over and September starts almost four complete months of eating nothing but complete crap. Which means that until all the gyms… Read More ›
I spot the hills With yellow balls in autumn. I light the prairie cornfields Orange and tawny gold clusters And I am called pumpkins. On the last of October When dusk is fallen Children join hands And circle round me… Read More ›
It is August 20th. Picture the earth turning to the east as time passes, the sun just over the horizon. You are bathed in that early morning light that doesn’t exist at any other time and you are relishing that… Read More ›
So if you live anywhere on the right hand side of America, you probably got killed by storms yesterday and/or today. The last big Halloween storm was Sandy, but they don’t give names to wicked thunderstorms that blow all the… Read More ›
This week we’re going to honor Halloween by drinking some pumpkin coffee. And to be honest, this activity might be the best one yet. But finding pumpkin flavored anything in June will be tough. In fact, I bet you could not… Read More ›
