As a child growing up in West Texas, there were a few things that signaled to me that Fall was coming – Labor Day, the beginning of the school year, and the Summer heat giving way to more temperate weather. However, there was only one thing that meant to me the season had finally arrived. Riding in the back seat while we drove across two-lane highways, I would peer out the window intently trying to spot a few bales of hay and bright orange pumpkins carefully arranged near the driveways or along … [Read more...]