The weather here has been wonderful. The days start cool, get warmer as the day progresses, and cool off in the evening. The leaves are starting to change color and all is right with the world. There is however, a crisis of monumental proportions looming.
There is a projected shortage of pumpkins predicted. It seems that all of the rain in Vermont washed most of the pumpkins into Lake Champlain. Give us a break! When the price of pumpkins gets to four times what it was last year, a miracle supply of pumpkins will somehow appear. The farmers in Vermont have been biding their time for many years. They have followed closely the progress of the petroleum companies and decided to strike now. Next will come the Great Cheese shortage and this coming Spring there will be a Great Maple Syrup Shortage.
There will be a new festival in Brattleboro this Fall. The Lake Champlain area will host a Bobbing for Pumpkins Week soon. Vermonters never mention the Great Conversation Shortage.
Here in Massachusetts we will continue to enjoy the halcyon days of Fall and start riveting our pumpkins to the porch railings. We anticipate a rash of pumpkin-jacking.
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