Back in my trick-or-treating days, I don’t remember ever throwing away the sacred vestments of Halloween. Each cloak, each cape, each plastic prop and mask was a transformative charm that could be endlessly repurposed and reused. Apparently, even in a struggling economy, such frugality is no longer in vogue.
Some aspiring wizard is missing his broom.
Not [...]
Samhain and his brood have come and gone, apparently taking the cold weather with them. I played it pretty close to the vest last night. I was tired from the week. I didn’t get any trick-o-treaters either. The young ones were already prowling the neighborhood for sucrose when I was getting home from work.
My neighbor [...]
After some wrangling, the couch was successfully delivered. It took more doing than I had hoped for but we got it in. As I had feared, my calculations were off- not by much, but by just enough to make wedging the couch in impossible. However, I had a trump card: I had them bring [...]
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