We catch up with our friends on Pine Street as they share the sweetness and apprehension of all hallow's eve.
Halloween
Harvesting Words
Celebrating the turn of the season with thoughts on harvests of all sorts, on the Writers' Vineyard this month. It seems a natural human impulse to mark the changing cycles of the year with festivals and rituals that reinforce our sense of belonging to these cycles, or our wish to master them, or both. Afraid … Continue reading Harvesting Words
Fearless Hearts and Great Pumpkins, One More Time
Every so often, I recycle this little post from Halloween 2010. There are a lot of Lucies in this world, who offer only ridicule. But Linus reminds us of the lesson of the Great Pumpkin: let go of disappointment and let yourself hope (or love) again, no matter how ridiculous it seems to sensible people. October, 2010 … Continue reading Fearless Hearts and Great Pumpkins, One More Time
Delilah’s Ghost
Catching up a bit here - last week, the wonderful author Rita Bay allowed me to contribute a tale of haunting doggy love to her Goosebumps series on her blog. Here's a bit: We named the pup Delilah. Why such a glamorous name for a small mutt of a dog? I don’t recall. A dark … Continue reading Delilah’s Ghost
The Scariest Halloween Ever, Part Three (The End)
At last, here's the thrilling end to the trick-or-treating story from when I was seven (or was it eight?). You can read part one here and part two here. This one is the end. If my memory serves (and it’s notoriously faulty), that Halloween night when I was seven (or eight) fell dark and stormy. … Continue reading The Scariest Halloween Ever, Part Three (The End)
The Scariest Halloween Ever, Part Two
As promised, here's Part Two of the Halloween fears and angsts of my childhood. You can read Part One here. People often ask why I write sci-fi, fantasy, and other “non-realistic” genres. It’s because I find real life to be at least as strange as stories set on other planets. My childhood seemed filled with … Continue reading The Scariest Halloween Ever, Part Two
The Scariest Halloween Ever, Part One
For a recent CBG author chat on Love Romances Cafe, I wrote a little tale of the scariest Halloween I faced as a child. I thought I'd share it with y'all, too. Here's part one. Part Two will arrive next Friday, October 11, and Part Three on Friday, October 18. The late sixties-early seventies … Continue reading The Scariest Halloween Ever, Part One
Fearless Hearts and Great Pumpkins, Redux
I know it's cheating, but I really like this little post from Halloween two years ago. Because I think Linus has a fearless heart, and that's the lesson of the Great Pumpkin: let go of disappointment and let yourself hope (or love) again, no matter how ridiculous it seems to the Lucy's of this world. … Continue reading Fearless Hearts and Great Pumpkins, Redux
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