We learn something new every year.
’TIS THE SEASON: Full moon waves help make this one of the nicest Halloweekends ever. (Photo by Tom Beaty)
I guess we should have known this, but if you carve a pumpkin in the middle of October and then we have a few late October days in the 80s, said jack-o-lantern is going to rot out in a hurry and become a slimy fruit fly farm. Ours were buried in the garden a day before trick-or-treaters came by.
As we look at the end of October, the most glorious month of the year, I’d like to share a few little November treats. I figure it’s best to endear readers before I set them off.
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