NOVEMBER 1, 2024 COMMUNITY SPOTLIGHT It's the Great ... Brown Pumpkin, Charlie SARAH THOLEN Groundcover contributor Boldly as the acorns drop, the Fall imbeds itself. ‘Tis the season, once again, for candles on the shelf! Before we could prepare, In came the Autumn air, And with it, crafts for Halloween that you can “do yourself!” “I know that this will be the year I check off my whole list; I’ll bake a cake, and decorate, and even shop for gifts!” My problem is severe, For every single year, Not one, not two, but all my goals are regularly missed. Though the ghosts of those Fall hopes may seem to haunt me still, I have a trick to treat myself and keep moving uphill! Although I should refrain, With every task, I gain A chocolate-peanut-butter pumpkin Reese’s, freshly chilled. Its ratio of sweet to savory really should be studied, For when I eat one, it insists I must send down a buddy. It tastes so, so divine I truly fear a crime Where wolfing down this chocolate treat incites a fight quite bloody. Dare I say, this reward method truly won me over, Managing to keep me going all throughout October. But soon it will be time, When having passed its prime, The great brown pumpkin is replaced with trees by every grocer. CROSSWORD from last page now bidding farewell. “I have too many projects going on outside of my day job, but I will still probably submit some when I have the time.” “It’s been really cool volunteering with Groundcover … I love being downtown and seeing someone selling Groundcover. I’ll always buy it and eagerly look at the back to see the puzzle.” At the end of the day, Bennett GROUNDCOVER NEWS 7 says her mission is to create joy. “Puzzles are little problems you can solve rather than problems you can’t solve. Nobody making puzzles wants to trick you. They want you to solve it.” In an increasingly complex world where it’s easy to feel overwhelmed, those small wins matter. “Bringing joy and meaning to other people’s lives … that’s what puzzles are all about.”
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