Long before pumpkin spice became a marketing season, pumpkins had a cozy place in our lives. A fairy godmother looks at one and sees a carriage. Linus waits patiently year after year in his sincere pumpkin patch. Our loyal friend Jack Pumpkinhead looks upon us with his perpetually carved smile. Jack-o’-lanterns light our porches, picture books fill our laps, familiar friends visit our televisions, and pumpkin pies fill our bellies.
