NOTES from the BIG CHAIR

Ah, the first day of November: Pumpkins, pilgrims, rustling leaves, and - for those of us here in the Palmetto State - a forecast-high of 88 degrees. Oh well, you still can do something seasonal like rush right out and pick up a copy of the Nov./Dec. issue of SOUTH CAROLINA HOMES & GARDENS magazine. The gorgeous cover alone is worth the purchase price, but for a short walk with the "ghost of Christmas past," read my piece, Dad's Little Stretch of Main Street. And yes, that dashing squire in the white shirt and tie (the picture on page 75) is my late father, William Thomas "Bill" Smith.