Our Last October in This House Comes to an End

 

I love this time of year and I have been soaking it up. The golden light and the scent of the damp and leaves and woodsmoke outside is bliss. The acorns have been falling on the roof for the past week, plunk, plonk, tink!

I have lots of thoughts and I find myself vacillating between utter despair and optimistic hope about our move in eight months. In the bell curve of that spectrum is all my usual mid-life stuff, the day-to-day worries, memories, ruminations, epiphanies.

Anyway. I haven't handed out candy at Halloween in quite a while, and I thought it might be nice to tonight since we may not live in a place with trick-or-treaters next year. I love to see all the darling kiddos and wave to their parents--I remember. 

Happy and Safe Halloween to you, and peaceful Día de los Muertos tomorrow.