214. Hallowe'en

I prefer to say the word with an extended third syllable, as in hal - o - weeeeeeen, much like the word Tumbleweed is spoken from time to time in commercials for that Louisville eatery, tum-ble-weeeeed.

I could write for pages on Halloween which is one of my favorite holidays. It was something we celebrated in large fashion growing up. And while the day is rooted in ritual from the pre-Christians in celebration of the Last Harvest and Samhain, to the Roman Catholic and other Christian celebrations of All Saints Day, which is tomorrow, it is mostly a time of having fun, even being a little naughty, moreso for teens and adults than the little trick-or-treaters progressing from one house to the next, then maybe repeating the pattern again.

But for now, I'm just glad it is here. It leads to Thanksgiving and Christmas in this country and the ever-turning of days into weeks, weeks into months, and months into years, another of which will arrive in sixty-one days.

Happy Hallowe'en.

Someday Linus will get his Great Pumpkin.