Joe keeps Papa November: Especially check out his recent photos of flame autumn leaves against blue skies.

I had a wonderful time as a Boy Scout. My troop had a scheduled outing each month and in that way went on my first backpack at age eleven. I learned how to build a fire, cook a meal over flames, carry my gear over miles of muddy trail, sleep in a tent in the rain, and generally have a good time in the out of doors. From that early experience, I was able to become a confident hiker and backpacker. I've carried that with me for over four decades.

Sky Cosby also blogs on Pirate Papa:

I consider myself to be a pirate in some contemporary sense of the word. This is the lens through which I try to view our world. I am a nice pirate, where others rape and pillage I salvage and sow; where others sack and burn I liberate and grow.

Read What I've Got to Say from Jack:

I feel like I ran a marathon on my hands yesterday, but the soreness is negligible when considering the awesomeness of my juggling last night. I was at the Evergreen State College Juggling Club for nearly four hours and basically juggled non-stop that whole time.

Robin Snow blogs on Rowan Shadowwolf:

I processed two pumpkins yesterday. Last Sunday, Victoria drove me all over so that I could find some sugar pumpkins (the best for cooking). We went to Safeway, Fred Meyer, and MegaFoods before we finally found some at Albertsons. $1.50 each! Yea! I got eight. I added the seeds from the two that I cooked yesterday to some saltwater before I roasted them. They are sooo good!

Rum Death Orgy Show is another place to read Merwyn Haskett:

So I wanted to get some coffee at Evergreen, and my only option after 5:00 was the Sem II Cafe. I'd gone their often since it opened but hadn't been in since last Spring. I walked in and there was a huge line. No problem, I thought, I could wait. The line moved at a glacial pace. Had there been a glacier behind us we would have been overtaken.