When I first moved out of Mom’s house (I don’t count being away at college), I was lucky enough to get a little 2/2 condo in Tamarac, just about a mile from the entrance to the Florida Turnpike.
It was … Read the rest
The perfect excuse
Posts Tagged: halloween
Halloween on my mind
I can’t help it. You have your favorite holidays and I have mine.
What makes Halloween special to me is “Wow!”-ing the kids. Part of that is in crafting my special goody bags. Part of that is designing a fun … Read the rest
Forget your winter…it’s Halloween that’s coming
You’ve got your multi-year fascination and I’ve got mine.
Because this year is an exponential leap from last year’s eerily successful Dead Thing Pen, I’ve needed to arrange my zombie ducks in a row well in advance of that eagerly … Read the rest
The Writing Dead (Halloween 2016 wrap up)
And lo, it came to an end.
The final clean up, wrap up and dust-up of Halloween is over and boy am I tired.
Dead tired, yesterday, after working 6 hours on disassembling, boxing and stocking everything away in the … Read the rest
I lied
Okay, kids, time for me to fess up. I’m a fibber. A prevaricator. A deceiver. An obfuscator. I lied.
Here is the sad tale of my misleading you:
Frequently, during this Halloween season of posts, I’ve made mention that I … Read the rest
It’s all in the wrist
To paraphrase an old adage, health is wasted on the healthy.
I mentioned yesterday that I nearly broke myself constructing my Dead Thing Pen for Halloween this year. That’s not entirely accurate, as I actually did indeed break myself.
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Top this!
I was having lunch with my Dad and Stepmom and I was talking about how happy I was with the decorations this year. My only concern, I said, was how I was going to top it next year. He said … Read the rest
Late, not dead
When I first started cogitating about this post and the headline, I got sidetracked thinking about why people use the term “late” for recently deceased. It’s not morbidity; it’s a love of words that impels me.
Before checking, I came … Read the rest
Well, gee, I had to do it anyway
Now that Mom Nature and I have reaffirmed our precious relationship, it’s time to review the visit of Hurricane Matthew as an opportunity, rather than a trial.
For example, Halloween fast approaches. Along with that spooky holiday is the scary … Read the rest
Mom is bugging me again
Whew. Yesterday’s post was about as controversial and provocative as I have ever been on this blog. I feel cleared out and renewed and now believe I can go the remaining 39 days in this blackboard-scratching presidential election without another … Read the rest
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