Autumntimes

My lost brother John was in town visiting his big Irish family this week, a family he hadn't even met five years ago. Here is just a portion of the motley crew - my brother Dick, my sister Donna, John and the family troublemaker at Amherst College.



John arrives just in time for the local pumpkin explosion!



Deadhead selling gourds in the UMass Campus Center.



This UMass student has attracted attention with her militant non-conformity.



Heather selling her wares in downtown Northampton this morning.



Nearby David Narkiewicz was campaigning for Mayor of Northampton.



Here is the first 2012 anti-Obama sticker I've seen in Hamp.



In Easthampton last night Amherst Senator Stan Rosenberg joined Amherst Representative Ellen Story to listen with other Democrats to U.S. Senate candidate Elizabeth Warren (center). Warren is off to a strong start, but I predict she's another Martha Coakley - the more voters get to know her, the less they will like her.



Dust Witch in Easthampton last weekend.



In an Amherst window.