Readers of my actual column might recall that I said I would rake someone's leaves this fall.

Still plan to do so. Am in the selection process right now.

Anyway, one reader who expressed interest in having me come rake her leaves sent me an email last night that made me chuckle.

I had notified this woman, a retired teacher, that she was a finalist. I inquired about the potential timing of my visit.

She wrote back to report that, sadly, she would be leaving for Arizona before the leaves would be ready to rake. What's more, she said she had told the editor of the community newspaper in her little town that I might be coming and that her friend said her paper would cover the big event.

Now I can only imagine how that story would have turned out.

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