• autumn,  Halloween

    October’s Adieu

    As spooks and goblins roam the streets, October’s a wrap. The witches and Jacks will sizzle and fade, or get stuffed in big dusty boxes ’till next year. There’s a…

  • Halloween,  musings

    In Mid-Autumn

    As October whirls by, I have whispers of melancholy mixed with brassy band excitement. I love the flow of days moving forward, sometimes slower, sometimes faster. But I always want…

  • crochet,  Halloween

    October Crochet

    The colors of autumn are enchanting, October’s most of all. And the colors of candy corn are my favorite. Like the candy itself, the palette is sweet and simple –…

  • Halloween,  musings

    October 1st

    I think of all the months, with all their charms, and I think of October first. The twilight is most beautiful, with its washes of blue and gray. And the…