CDADave's seeing pumpkins everywhere he looks and wonders if there's a black market for pumpkins pilfered from outside store displays here.

*Raymond Pert/Kellogg Bloggin' tries his hand for the first time at Sunshine Mine poetry here.

*Like the rest of us, Mari/Dogwalk Musings is having trouble figuring out where politicians stand as they say nothing or tell you what they think you want to hear here.

*Just in time for winter, when it's tougher to roll out of bed and hop on her exercise bike, JBelle/The 'Kan EWA applauds Forbes mag for rolling out an article on the most fattening foods of the fall here.

*Katrina/Notes on a Napkin was heavy laden with groceries and goodies for the family and didn't see the hungry old woman hunched down by the bricks outside Albertson's here.

*Mommy Dearest/BrodH20 confesses to colleagues about stinking up the newsroom this week by losing track of a half eaten eggroll under the papers scattered on her desk (I didn't notice) here.

Meanwhile, Bearable Bob's off to see he wizard in the Emerald City in hopes of getting a new upper respiratory system here, Sue pens another terrific poem here, Toad wonders where Junior picked up that new word here, Christine overcomes her urge to procrastinate here, Trish runs through a list of suggestions for the title of the new River Journal sports column here, and Marianne recommends a good book about a good dog here.

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