![]() Put pumpkin spice back into pies, and coffee flavouring, and leave it there. Only it won’t smell like that: it well smell like something sickly and horrible, as if someone left a pumpkin pie under one of the seats last year and then forgot about it, and once you’ve sprayed it in your car it will linger for a period of time that is roughly eternity, a silent reminder of a poor decision that you will regret forever. It was lovely when it was used in baking, and I could see it becoming something you might add to coffee, and pumpkin spice candles … okay, fine.īut now we have pumpkin spice throat lozenges, and butter spread, and dog treats, and car spray, because of course everyone wants their car to smell like a fresh-baked pumpkin pie. Remember a few years ago when food vendors at carnivals and exhibitions were outdoing themselves to see who could come up with the craziest deep-fried concoction, and dropping things into hot oil that had no right going near it? I think we’ve reached that stage with pumpkin spice. Pumpkin spice everything has been on sale for some time now, and I can’t help feeling that the whole pumpkin spice craze has gone too far. ![]() ![]() School is back in session, temperatures are dropping, dry leaves are skittering across the pavement, and editors everywhere are dusting off the article they write each September about bear-proofing your garden, trying in vain to think of something new to add, then giving it a slightly different headline and calling it a day. Fall is here! Well, not quite, but if this was a play then fall would be in full costume and makeup, standing in the wings and running through a few last-minute vocal exercises to get ready for its big entrance.
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