Halloween is here. We’re facing our first major seasonal observance (I am of the generation taught not to refer to Halloween as a “holiday”) without Aly, who is away at college. We’re facing a good deal of uncertainty about what will happen this year on October 31st.
Living out in the woods makes Halloween, with its emphasis on door-to-door trick or treating, a bit awkward at the best of times. We have one neighbor girl who trick or treated here in the past, though usually not on Halloween night (she and her family are visiting outside. She trick or treated at the end of September this year). Aly obviously knew that she had to be in town to trick or treat, which she eagerly did through her senior year. Now we hear she’s got her costume all ready for the Halloween events at her college.
But where are we this year? What will we do? Continue reading