My son is afraid of the dark. He never used to be, but now every night he screams in fear. He complains of shadows, sounds. Ghosts. How does a three-year-old even know about ghosts? From some cartoon Halloween special I suppose. I try to comfort him. I lean down over his bed and whisper, “It’s … Continue reading A short ghost story: My son is afraid of the dark
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We don't get over 1,000 trick-or-treaters in my neighbhorhood because our street is full Dugger-sized families. Most of our trick-or-treaters are coming from neighboring areas, and yes, some of those areas are poor. This is why I was particularly interested in a recent Dear Prudence advice column on Slate.com that addressed the topic of poor … Continue reading Boo Humbug: Dear Prudence tells off a snobby Halloween scrooge
Halloween is a great time for scary books whether you are looking a spooky book to give away for All Hallow's Read or something to read yourself. Because it's been a while since I've read a lot of scary books, I asked people on Facebook and Twitter to name their favorite scary books. Here is … Continue reading 13 of the best scary books for Halloween or anytime
Have you heard of All Hallow's Read? This is the fourth year of All Hallow's Read, a tradition to give someone a scary book for Halloween. All Hallow's Read was thought up by professional thinker-upper (and author) Neil Gaiman. In a a 2010 blog post Gaiman wrote: I propose that, on Hallowe'en or during the … Continue reading All Hallow’s Read: Give a scary book this Halloween
You may like Halloween but not want to or not be able to wear a Halloween costume. Perhaps you work somewhere where a costume would be inappropriate or impractical. Maybe you'd rather leaving Halloween costumes to the kids, but you still like to be a little festive. Whatever the reason if you want to show … Continue reading 10 Pinterest pins for Halloween outfits if you don’t want to wear a costume
Kim Z. Dale 