I have been making a few late blog posts lately (see what I did there?), and I am doing it again with a Throwback Thursday made early-ish Friday morning. My early gets later and later as I go, because I find I love staying in bed. If I wanted to be really productive, I would get up at 2 or 3 a.m., when I am wide awake, but I say, “No, no, I want another REM cycle!” and do relaxations techniques or count sheep till I sleep again. Then at five or six, I want to stay asleep till seven or eight. Judge me if you are so inclined.
I wonder where I put this little cutie.
I delved in my Media Library back to September 2017 and saw several spooky illustrations. For me and my late, beloved husband Steven, spooky season began after Labor Day, or on years with a late Labor Day like this one, Sept. 1. Actually, Halloween for us was less of a season than a lifestyle. I’m sure real goth and horror buffs would laugh at our idea of the macabre, because we loved cheesy horror movies, not gory slasher flicks, and we had no problem with the cutest of Halloween decorations.
Well, maybe one gory slasher flick.
Then again, we loved Carrie, which you could hardly call cheesy. Actually, I found Carrie more sad than scary. She was so happy on prom night! And everybody was NOT laughing at her, just a few of the mean kids. The thing I found least believable about Carrie was that there was not one misfit kid in that school to befriend her. I was a misfit kid in junior high, and I had friends. We weirdos tend to stick together. Was her school so small she was the only one? But I had to suspend my disbelief for dramatic purposes. And I agree with my husband that the gym teacher did not deserve what she got.
OK, here’s a silly one, not particularly spooky.
I add this one merely to honor the recently passed Tim Curry. My family has spent many hours happily entertained playing the game Clue. The movie certainly has a stellar cast.
I see I am over 350 words. Score! I guess I had better get to work cleaning my house, so I can start decorating for this year’s spooky season.
Mohawk Valley Girl 