I have been quite chipper lately. Fall is my favorite time of year. It all stems back to childhood I think. I remember things like they were yesterday.

I was always a good student so the anticipation of going back to school is a very fond memory for me. Not the going to class part, but the social interaction with your friends. Going to football game on a crisp, October night. Getting that new girlfriend because you don't want to be tied down over the summer (Wait, I think that's just me).

Minnesota has to be the best place on earth in the fall. All the trees are amazing. The drive from Duluth up the North Shore of Lake Superior is breathtaking. All the reds, browns, yellows, and greens do not look real. It resembles a painting, frozen in time. The smell of wood burning stoves is heavy in the air.

Wow, how sentimental!!

Butch