Spooky (or Silly) Delights…
“There is a child in every one of us who is still a trick-or-treater looking for a brightly lit front porch.” —Robert Brault
Happy Halloween! Perhaps because we’ve been immersed in the exploration of joy this year, I find myself laughing with delight more this Halloween season.
From the young children dressed in their costumes for a Halloween adventure at local bookseller BookPeople to the bank teller in his neon blue hair joyfully describing parties he’s been to and will be attending tonight, joy has been all around for this weird and often wacky celebration.
and some are just counting the days until Christmas.”
—Stephen Graham Jones
Magical Things
“The universe is full of magical things patiently waiting for our wits to grow sharper.”
―Eden Phillpots
Día de los Muertos
“May the beautiful souls of our loved ones be always filled with joy, and may we be blessed with the opportunity to see them again. Amen.”
―Unknown
Why Horror Stories?
“We make up horrors to help us cope with the real ones.” ― Stephen King
Theme in Yellow
I spot the hills
With yellow balls in autumn.
I light the prairie cornfields
Orange and tawny gold clusters
And I am called pumpkins.
On the last of October
When dusk is fallen
Children join hands
And circle round me
Singing ghost songs
And love to the harvest moon;
I am a jack-o’-lantern
With terrible teeth
And the children know
I am fooling.
—Carl Sandburg
