I Love Halloween

Halloween is coming soon and it's one of my favorite times of the year. It isn't the costumes, as I no longer dress up and haven't in decades. It isn't the trick-or-treaters, since I can no longer engage in getting up and sitting down a couple of hundred times a night. My knees and back pay for it well into November. I used to love decorating, but there's no use in decorating if you don't have trick-or-treaters. So what do I love?

For me, it's the power of this time of the year. This is when the earth begins its long dormancy, it's regenerative sleep. It's almost like a dream. As the sun goes down earlier and a chill falls upon the darkness in an unyielding promise of what is to come, a sense of mystery and wonder arrives. This is a time of magic and possibilities. This is the last opportunity to prepare for the season to come.
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As the sun continues its long slide downward to the winter solstice, the days get shorter, the nights longer, and the imagination more active. This is a good time to learn, think and wander in the hallways of waking dreams and colorful nights.