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Aug 10, 2026 Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom
(Kaieteur News) There was a time, not so long ago, when pumpkin was pumpkin.
You went to the market, found a vendor, pointed to a whole pumpkin, paid your money and took it home. Nobody asked you how many pounds you wanted. Nobody weighed it. Nobody carefully cut it into sections as though dividing a precious commodity. You bought a pumpkin by its size.
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