The Nature of Halloween
Halloween is an ancient festival–perhaps the most ancient one of all. Celebrate the night.
Read MoreWhy I Love Halloween
Halloween. The fading of summer, the rising cold, the early darkness–plainly it’s time to start thinking about how to avoid evil and bad luck.
Read MoreGhostly Skies
Clouds drifting across a cold autumn sky. Seems like ghosts hovering overhead, getting ready for Halloween.
Read MoreTis the Season: Halloween
I just love Halloween. I can’t wait till October 31 for the spooky season to begin. I’m starting now. If we have to have a holiday that lasts for weeks and weeks, why can’t it be Halloween? Halloween carols, Halloween cards…but please god no shopping for Halloween presents. I’ve been trying to figure out what there is about Halloween that enthralls me so. I don’t like blood and gore. I don’t like movies about crazed killers wearing hockey masks. I don’t like chainsaw massacres. I like mystery. For me, that’s what Halloween is about. It’s the season of fog. The season of darkness coming...
Read MoreStarry Night: Guest Photographer Wells Horton
Thanks to Wells Horton for this amazing shot. It summarizes why I love the season of Halloween so much: the beauty of the dying year, the darkness that flows out from under the trees. Too often, Halloween is a time of chainsaw massacre movies and fake blood. I like Halloween to be a little scary, sure. But not so frightening that people (kids) are terrified to go out at night lest a ghoul in a hockey mask eat them. “I have loved the stars too fondly to be fearful of the night.” –Sarah Williams Check out more of Wells Horton’s photos on http://wells-horton.smugmug.com/ and...
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