Rural Delivery

by Michael Hofferber. Copyright © 1993. All rights reserved.

Call me Pooh Bear.
My three-year-old son is Piglet. We walk side by side, the best of friends, in pursuit of adventures. All things are possible.
Some days I am Rabbit, who frets and worries, or the bouncing Tigger, especially after a cup too much of coffee.
Then there are [...]

In the crisp chill of October night costumed children toddle down darkened lanes, their tittering voices fending off silence.
They come dressed as ghouls and monsters, aliens of outer space and starship captains from the 25th century. Masked as heroes and demons, wild animals and crazed villains, our youth knocks upon the doors of strangers demanding [...]

by Michael Hofferber. Copyright © 1996. All rights reserved.
First, you start with a pumpkin seed, but not just any pumpkin. Seek out seeds of a Halloween or Jack-o’-Lantern or Spookie variety. You want a pumpkin that matures to the size and shape of your own head.
Sow your seed just before the last frost in mounds [...]

by Michael Hofferber. Copyright © 2004. All rights reserved.

“Logs to Burn! Logs to Burn!”
“Everyone needs logs to burn!”
Hear the woodman sell his wares.
What trees they come from, no one cares.Ah! But here’s a word to make you wise,
When you hear the woodman’s cries.
Never heed his usual tale
That he has good logs for sale,
But read these [...]