Tag: Halloween
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My Rebellion Against the Commercialization of Halloween
I didn’t put up Halloween decorations this year, contrary to what you might think. I mean, I’m the neighborhood witch so certainly you’d think I’d have all sorts of styrofoam displays, ghosts hanging in trees, plastic skulls cackling on the front porch. Nope, not this year. In fact, I’m not even putting out my usual…
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A Cleansing of Sorts
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Halloween, 2007; copyright Tedder/Bailey It’s 1 AM, the morning of Halloween. Halloween, not Samhain, for the Sun is not yet at 15 degrees of Scorpio. Something in the house is troubling me, taunting. Only now do I remember the talisman on my dresser. I’ve hardly slept at all in my room these past few…