🎃 This Hallowe'en may we see the light 🎃

This morning winds are howling through the veil between the worlds, made porous for this brief time. Beware evil spirits and their curses. Seek the blessings of those who may provide such. Be prepared with treats to avoid or limit the tricks' effects. Tonight and tomorrow we enter the dark half of the year. If, as we fear, today's winds continue through the evening, our bonfire will not be lit. Perhaps an honorary fire in the fire pit may prove safe or, if the zephyrs persist without abatement, we'll be forced to rely on a blue moon's light.

friends or foes on Hallowe'en?

Photo by J. Harrington

As we know all too well, 2020 has been a year full of treats for greedy oligarchs and kleptocrats and tricks on those who support democracy, humanity, and kindness, as well as the rule of law, not loopholes. Our ship of state shows evidence of more than a few leaks. Samhain is reported to also mark the Celtic beginning of a new year. That, we hope, makes it appropriate that election season ends shortly after sunset Tuesday. We look forward to the treat of being guided for the next four years by an honest, caring, respectable administration that will replace the corrupt abomination under which we've suffered for the past four. The rumors that #MAGAts released an ugly orange goblin four years ago have been confirmed. Now, while the veils are still thin, is the time to drive him and his nefarious trolls back to the other side. Remember, Harry Potter eventually defeated He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named so we have precedent for a Blue Tsunami Tuesday.

enjoy tonight's Blue Moon

Photo by J. Harrington

Less than a month after Samhain we celebrate Thanksgiving. Regardless of Tuesday's outcome, which we hope to know by November 26, most, perhaps all, of US will have something for which we should be grateful. As Halloween began when All Saints and All Souls Days became entangled with Samhain, we have an opportunity to temper our colonial traits with the wisdom of indigenous people with whom we share their land. Or, we can join Voldemort's Death Eaters.

🎃 Hallowe'en Charm 🎃

Arthur Guiterman

Fern seed, hemp seed, water of the well, 
   Bark of wizard hazel-wand, berry of the bay, 
Let the fairy gifts of you mingle with the spell, 
   Guard the precious life and soul of him that's far away! 

Oak slip, thorn slip, crystal of the dew, 
   Morsel of his native earth, shoot of mountain pine, 
Lend his arm the strength of you, let his eye be true, 
   Send him like the thunderbolt to break the foeman's line! 

Rose leaf, elm leaf, kernel of the wheat, 
   Airy waft of thistledown, feather of the wren, 
Bring him peace and happiness, let his dream be sweet, 
   Take my secret thought to him and call him home again!

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