We’ll be celebrating Halloween this Monday and Kathie and I are especially excited about that this year. You see for the past fifteen years Halloween at our house has been extremely boring. All the neighboring farmsteads and country homes are missing the necessary Halloween participants, children! We buy a small bag of candy each Halloween knowing it will likely go untouched by little munchkins. We will be forced to eat the Milkyway and Snicker bars ourselves as no children will…..
I know what you’re thinking. This blog writer has lost it! Memorial Day is approaching and he’s writing a blog about getting ready for Halloween. Give me a second and I can explain. What is the major decoration or symbol for Halloween? No, I’m not speaking of witches, ghosts, corn shocks, black cats or corn mazes. They are all an important part of the Halloween celebration but it wouldn’t be Halloween without pumpkins. Now where do you suppose pumpkins come from? They don’t just appear magically…..