Tag: pumpkin
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Autumn Coming: Time For Pumpkin Flavored Everything
We recently had the first crisp evening that hinted at the changes to come, that feeling in the air that native Westsylvanians recognize as “a Football Night.” In the verges, the annual flora are showing wear, the color of goldenrod lines country roads and the counts of our prolific whitetail deer seen dead along the…
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Thanksgiving Countdown Day 5 (late)
It’s actually the morning of Day 6 because, on the heels of my my vapid post ever I was too 1) Shell-shocked with shame, 2) Quietly Bemused, or 3) just distracted doing a bunch of other crap, that I didn’t the Day 5 post out. On behalf of the entire Old Road Apples staff, which…
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The 12 Days of Halloween 1: Jack
So, it’s vital to my family’s well-being to carve a Jack-O-Lantern every year, but none of them have time to help. Three years in a row I’ve sat at the table, elbow deep in pumpkin goop, with a very sharp knife and a very bad attitude, while the women I live with float in and…