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     Autumn is Here-- It's the BER Brothers Celebrating!

                Points2Ponder

                                                                       By Alan P. Scaglone

 

Autumn has officially started.

First week of October—yep, it’s officially here!
Look around—no matter where you are—something different in the air—like the changing of the leaves!!
I declare Fall has fallen, Autumn is upon us…and proclaim it’s TIME to “Celebrate The Berzzzz!”
Yep—I said it…I declare this the beginning of Celebrating all Months Ending in BER!!!
Ever notice they all run together? They do, they really do.
September, October, November, December—the “Ber Brothers”
And they capture my favorite time of year!

POINTS2PONDER  Remember all the fun you had in Autumn? Playing in piles of leaves; Fall Festivals; First chilly night; lighting the fireplace; Pumpkin patch; Corn Maze; First morning you need a sweater; hot cocoa; hot apple cider; the smell of cinnamon; and driving thru the mountains while the fall leaves are falling ON your car!  Remember when??? Why not plan a “when” again?

Funny thing about going to see the changing of the leaves—they don’t actually change while you’re watching them!
Why do we drive slower?
To catch one as it changes from golden to crimson? Yep…I just caught that one over to the left—just saw it change!
The natives make fun of the LeafWatchers…rightfully so!
It doesn’t matter what your favorite Fall Festivity is…now’s the time to start planning it!
It’s okay…it’s officially Fall!
Can’t you remember your Favorite Fall Memory?
My favorite Fall memory was… taking my family to a Corn Maze on a Friday night…in the dark, in a REAL CORN FIELD!
It was well lit, and the maze organizers promised to wait for us UNTIL we all made our way out of the maze.
See where I am going with this?
We started our “maze meandering” at 7:30 for what should have been a 30 minute “walk thru the maze”.
That’s what the sign said. Average time to walk thru= 3o minutes!  They closed at 9pm, so…plenty of time.
Well….at 9:05, we were still trying to find our way thru and out …when BAM! lights go out! The maze organizers had gone home!
I have to admit…this city boy did NOT like all that dark! Stars were out YES – BUT no city street lights in the middle of a corn field- yikes!
Then I heard it BEFORE I saw it…
There was this young girl, about 10 years old, who had raced ahead of us, with her family.
I was a little bothered by this at the time, not at her, but…I was a city boy lost in a corn maze outside of Chattanooga, Tennessee!
And the lights were out!!
All of a sudden, I hear this voice, and it says “I came back for my friends—come on sir, follow me, I will lead you out. Have to help my friend!”
It was the little girl--- and she DID!!
She had a flashlight…they sold them at the entrance, but of course Mr. Cityslicker didn’t think we needed one.
Apparently, Apple Annie knew differently.
And she took me by the hand and led me out of that maze!
True story!
Her family just laughed at the sight of a little 10 year old girl leading this big ol’ guy out of the maze.
Needless to say, my kids have never let me live it down!
But…for me….it was the BEST October Night of my life!
That’s my favorite Fall memory!
What’s yours?
Tell me your favorite Fall Memory…I would love to hear it!

     From my sister Belinda's Mountain Cabin in North Carolina!

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