Halloween

Related Regrets

Over the holidays, the sister of a London police Constable posted photos on social media. They showed the officer – long before she was an officer – step by step as she dressed up in blackface, tribal-like beads and a colourful dress for Halloween 2006. At the time, she was a teenager who thought she was putting on a costume and didn’t understand the implications of her actions. Now she certainly does.  …

artsy shot of half a wall clock

Time: My Enemy, My Friend

The clocks fell back this weekend and we ostensibly acquired another hour of time. The cliche is that we gain “another hour of sleep” but a Michigan State University study reveals that we only gain twelve minutes of sleep. And when we spring forward we lose about forty minutes. The math just doesn’t work once there’s human intervention. …

Boo!

The best costumes are scary or funny because they have a ring of truth to them! Take this duo, for instance. …

Hallow-weenie

We have a Halloween tradition that’s been going on for six years. We unscrew the lightbulb in the garden lantern, keep all the lights off in the house and stay in the TV room at the back and watch a movie. This year’s selection: Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone, which Derek had never seen.  …

It’s Happening Again

The back-to-school flyers are arriving in the mail.  The dollar stores have several aisles filled with Halloween merchandise.  Someone put their big, fat finger on the fast-forward button of life again and I want to have a serious word with them.  …