LEAF US ALONE
(Newsweek)
When one, especially a Floridian like myself, envisions a New England autumn, we think dazzling displays of multicolored foliage, a crisp scent in the air, and holistically the pre-season to a Currier and Ives print. However, from a local's point of view, they're nothing more than a pain in the rear and us tourists (or "leaf voyeurs") simply clog up the highways. Leaves are apparently Hell's gift to the human race as they bring nothing but pain and sorrow on the poor inhabitants of the north who must spend the remainder of the fall season raking them until kingdom come.
The piece itself is quite comical as the utter exasperation and disdain on the part of author Raina Kelley juxtaposed with what we tropical inhabitants see as majestic, peaceful, and worth spending a weekend just staring at giraffe food.
Link to story at newsweek.com:
http://www.newsweek.com/id/216512?GT1=43002
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