“Sure, there are other fall traditions. Raking leaves. Watching “foo-ball” on “teevee.” But none of these photograph as well as picking out a pumpkin and petting goats so domesticated they know how to TiVo stuff. I don’t mean to diminish the very real and very fun time we had; but I had to chuckle when I realized how photo happy the whole pumpkin patch crowd was.”

~An excerpt from my Sunday, Oct. 21, 2007 Hibbing Daily Tribune column posted today at http://www.minnesotabrown.com/. You can also read it in today’s paper or archived here. As you can probably tell, this week I talk about our first trip to the local pumpkin patch with Henry.