Do I need to get rid of this?
We have had three mini pumpkins out on our porch for the longest time. Since Halloween, actually. They were doing just fine until recently, when a particular Pirate Pumpkin started to rot. Procrastination prevented me from getting rid of it, but I have to say that this thing is growing on me. The biologist in me says that it would be interesting to see how decomposition progresses. The benefits of seeing solicitors run away in disgust aren’t too bad, also.
It’s Election Day! I just got done voting and feel great about it. I had some difficulty deciding on the state and local issues, because it seemed that each side was potentially delivering a big, steaming pile of you-know-what in their messages. How should I have waded through all that? Was it possible to make a good decision without being intimately involved with each issue? We’ll only know whether we made the right choices in 5, 10, or 20 years later, but it’s nevertheless important to be involved now.
I hate to usurp this important day with Halloween cuteness, but I will anyway. The kids had a blast on Halloween. I was really impressed with my youngest child, Nathaniel. He had recently turned 3 and…
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