What a week in Laporte! Nine inches of snow, then it all melted, while we in the neighborhood had to spend days gathering dead tree branches and (in my case) fix split rail fences that were crushed, due to fallen limbs.
And now, it's been balmy. Everything is melting.
Today is Halloween. For those of you who don't know, "Halloween" is a contraction of "All Hallow's Eve"--like Christmas Eve, except, Santa doesn't show up. It's the night before "All Saint's Day," when we remember the saints. And then, the next day, Nov. 2, is the "Day of the Dead"--"All Soul's Day." When we remember those who have passed on.
I think it interesting that in this day and age, many of us still observe these old holidays.
Anyway, my true idea of Halloween is to dress up in a costume and play-act for a night. We decorate our house with luminarias and pumpkins and answer the door in spooky outfits. Just to give the kids a thrill.
Enjoy your Halloween, whether you dole out chocolate, sit down with a bowl of popcorn with a scary movie, or just read an old Edgar Allen Poe novel.
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