Happy Belated Samhain

Happy belated Halloween everyone....here's hoping you had more treats than tricks (unless of course you are into that sort of thing.)

I got to of course participate in the holiday with Erin this year. The kids went off with their friends and Erin and I passed out candy. I got to wear the costume he made for me this past summer - it is beautiful...

It was very windy and getting kind of chilly towards the end of the evening...I was still sitting outside. Erin had very kindly brought out a blanket to snuggle with and some food and wine. Erin had gone back into the house to answer the phone. Suddenly, a kid wearing a skeleton costume came running up the walk.

I handed him candy and he handed me a rock saying: 'Please give this to the next kid you see - he will be really happy' A bit confused I agreed. Sure enough a young boy in a nondescript costume came up next, a forlorn look on his face. he said: 'My cousin got a rock tonight and all I keep getting is candy'. Smiling I held up the rock and said: 'Here you go honey' - I also gave him a piece of candy. He lit up like a christmas tree and ran down the driveway calling 'I got a rock! I FINALLY got a rock!' - I was laughing so hard I was crying. I heard his mom tell him after they left the next house that she was pretty sure he'd only get one rock a night.

There must have been someone on the street passing out rocks a la 'It's the Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown!'. What a riot!

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So that's the update for the nonce kids. I hope all is well in your universe.

God/dess bless.