‘when black cats prowl and pumpkins gleam
may luck be yours on halloween.’
-author unknown
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image credit: pinterest
Oct31
Tag Archives: halloween
Oct28
cooking with the witch.
cooking for the holiday
—
‘i watch cooking change the cook, just as it transforms the food.’
-laura esquivel
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image source: Dorrie and the Blue Witch by Patricia Coombs
Oct28
haunted.
a trip to the haunted forest
with one daughter
two pre-teen grandies
and me
hearts pumping, adrenaline spiking
three generations
shrieking and running the whole way through!
—
“what terrified me will terrify others;
and i need only describe the spectre which had haunted my midnight pillow.” –mary shelley
Oct8
when your giant sandworm goes missing.
yes, it was a giant sandworm in a local front yard
and then – it wasn’t.
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as seen on my local nextdoor website:
I am absolutely devastated. Someone stole my inflatable giant sandworm right off my lawn sometime between last night and this afternoon. I didn’t notice if it was gone when I left for work this morning. I don’t know who would do such a thing.
quite a few people responded and almost every single person
answered with a variation of the same 3 words:
‘check the frats.’
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living in a college town, and three weeks before halloween, this is great advice.
(it may just be me, but i think this would be a hard one to hide)
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‘sometimes the things you’ve lost can be found again in unexpected places’
–-lemony snicket, a series of unfortunate events #13
Nov2
fire.
walking around
on halloween night
cold
with a bit of snow flying
coming upon
a briliant idea
a very large pumpkin
transformed into a driveway bonfire
trick or treaters
chilled to the bone
gathered ’round
like moths to the flame.
—
“fire is our first form of technology.”
-ridley scott
Nov1
finally, a pinata.
when i woke up on halloween morning
and finally, finally, i am a pinata
even cocoa the sweet dog joined in the fun
no candy in here
but luckily my kind colleagues
were the candy to my pinata.
“i feel like a human pinata. the disappointing thing is, no candy is going to spill out.”
-katie couric
Oct31
tell a story.
Mack Elementary School Students in Halloween Costumes
For All-City Party, October 1941
Photo by The Ann Arbor News
All decked out in costumes,
these lads and lass are determined to win prizes
in the all-city Halloween party to be held in West Park.
Between 500 and 1,000 children are expected to attend the annual event.
happy halloween!
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“clothes make a statement. costumes tell a story.”
— mason cooley
Oct30
full of it.
this is not me, but we both have eaten our fill (and then some), of candy
before giving what’s left of it to halloween trick-or-treaters tomorrow night.
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“every time i avoid eating halloween candy, i reward myself by eating halloween candy.”
-author unknown
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art credit: ‘Maltesers’ by Alison Friend
Oct28
’tis near.
full october moon tonight, and something’s different
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“when witches go riding, and black cats are seen, the moon laughs and whispers, ‘tis near halloween.”
— author unknown
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art credit: Ida Rentoul Outhwaite, The Witch on her Broomstick
Illustration from The Enchanted Forest – 1921
Oct24
one more week.
one more week until the candy rains down!
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“i want to get a vending machine, with fun-sized candy bars,
and the glass in front is a magnifying glass.
you’ll be mad but it will be too late.”
-mitch hedberg
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image credit: etsy vintage
I didn't have my glasses on.... 