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| Not that I haven't been creating creepy things, just need to focus on Halloween at home this year |
It's has been over 4 years since I did anything related to my Shingle Creek Manor yard haunt. It doesn't seem that long. Perhaps it does and I am trying to justify how such a long time can pass during which I disregarded something I was so passionate about. Maybe a little of both. I can come up with excuses including an abrupt change in marital status and a macular degeneration hat has taken most of the vision from an eye. In the end though, it has just been a choice to focus my attention on other things I suppose.
As I begin my 4th week, (6th week? ...10th week?) of seclusion from the outside world and hopefully protecting the people I cherish and myself from the dreaded Covid, it occurred to me that if we ever needed to engage in the things we have passion for, it would be now. At some point all this hysteria will end. People will want to engage with each other and do the things together that bring them joy. The celebration of holidays, and of course, Halloween, will be more important than ever. I cant imagine a year with no Halloween, no children dressing as their favorite character, no trick-or-treaters or no seasonal decorating. Now is the time people and especially children need the escape from reality that Halloween brings, and some time to laugh and to smile.
I do need to step up to the plate for my little corner of the world. ..
