Wednesdays Are For the Hodgepode

Another Wednesday means another Hodgepodge.  

1) Fall officially rolls into the Northern Hemisphere on Monday (9/22)...what's your favorite thing about fall?

There are 3 things - football, changing leaves and a trip to the cider mill.

2) What's one thing on your real or proverbial autumn bucker list?

I would love to do a New England colors cruise.

3) Apples, pumpkins, sweet potatoes, butternut squash and cranberries are some of the top fall foods. Which one is your favorite and how do you like it prepared? Any on the list you don't eat? Which one have you had most recently?

I love pumpkin. I like it in pie, I love the seeds roasted, pumpkin pancakes and I also like Rachael Ray's Pasta with Pumpkin and Sausage recipe. I have eaten all of them but I am not a big fan of butternut squash. I do like real cranberries and really do not like the jellied sauce served at Thanksgiving. I have probably had apples most recently.

4) 'Fall is proof that change is beautiful' is a popular sentiment. Would you agree or no? Elaborate.

I really think it depends. There are some changes that can be beautiful even if they do not start out that way. However, there are some things that change us so fundamentally it is hard to see the beauty in them

5) Is there a spot near you where people go to see the leaves change? Will you try to leaf peep somewhere this fall? Lonely planet lists the following ten places as the best for leaf peeping...of those listed which would you most like to visit?

Stowe, Vermont~Shenandoah National Park, Virginia~Columbia River Gorge, Oregon~Zion National Park, Utah~Tennessee/North Carolina border~West Virgina~Northwestern Wyoming~Wisconsin Northwoods~Northern Nevada~Ozark Highlands Scenic Byway, Arkansas

There is a lot of beautiful leaf peeping spots in the northern lower and upper peninsulas of Michigan. I have always wanted to see the tunnel of trees in the UP near Copper Harbor. The issue is that there is always the possibility of snow up there even in September and October. I have no plans to go some place special but we do have quite a bit of woods near us so I really do not have to in order to see the colors. I have never been to the west coast so I would love to go to Oregon.

6) Insert your own random though here.

I am wondering if my subconscious is trying to tell me something. There have been a few things that have happened in the last few weeks that have caused me some big distress. I am wondering if my mind is trying to force me to make some changes that I know I need to but am scared to.