The Autumn People and Children of the Corn

Fall has always been one of my favorite times of the year, what with it's spooky, smokey atmosphere of earthy sights and smells and pagan revelry. Ad and I made the most of it this weekend by going to the Seattle Arboretum and the Autumn Festival in Snohomish. The pumpkin patches and old town funk of Snohomish transported us right into the world of Ray Bradbury's "Something Wicked This Way Comes", though it lacked an evil carnival. We indulged in a slice of pie at the legendary Snohomish Pie Co. for lunch, and wandered into the Stocker Farms Corn Maze. The sound of giggling from unseen children in the maze made us feel we were being stalked by the He Who Walks Behind The Rows and his cult of murderous children worshippers.