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A Different Halloween

Well, Halloween’s different this year – More things that are real we must fear And with no trick or treat There’s no junk I can eat So of candy corn I can stay clear. Home and stoop decorations are few And there’s hardly a costume on view. When I walked down the street I expected to meet Little kids in their dress-up debut. Chalk it up to another thing lost And I wonder – what will be the cost? Will we snap back real fast Or will somberness last? For the former, my fingers are crossed.

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Caren Krutsinger

Date: 11/3/2020 4:58:00 AM

My husband drove off to pick up a pizza on Halloween. He saw three trick-or-treaters all heading to the same house in a ten mile trip.

John Watt

Date: 11/1/2020 3:33:00 PM

I cross my fingers with you, ilene.

Rico Leffanta

Date: 11/1/2020 10:15:00 AM

COVID-19 is scary enough! Best keep the children home and safe so they can celebrate Halloween some other year! Aloha! Rico

Beryl Edmonds

Date: 10/31/2020 6:08:00 PM

It’s such a shame, will it ever be the same. For children especially, it’s a blight, childhood should be the best time of one's life. The poem says it all... Belle

Anne-Lise Andresen

Date: 10/31/2020 3:27:00 PM

- Storm and rain ... no trolls or witches here ... maybe they have a party in their cave on the mountain, Ilene - hugs // Anne-Lise :)

Tom Cunningham

Date: 10/31/2020 2:54:00 PM

There doesn't seem to be an end to it, just tonight we've heard we have another lockdown until 5th December. They say the second wave is worse than the first. Hope there isnt a third wave like the Spanish flu. Hope you're well Tom

Jan Allison

Date: 10/31/2020 2:13:00 PM

so sad the kids can't go out and have fun, its not quite the same doing it on zoom :-( lets hope this time next year things will be different. Hugs jan xx