So they brought back Halloween, with all of its grisly glory

It’s A-OK that director David Gordon Green chose to pretend that all those other Halloweens never happened. When you have the original pair dreamed up by John Carpenter and Debra Hill four decades go, horror fans don’t need the turns the franchise took in the nine films thereafter. So the world gets Jamie Lee Curtis…

Let’s go with the spare Orange look for Halloween

Walking through the blocks surrounding A Bitty Better in the Liverpool neighborhood of Galeville with Ellie B and my dear wife Karen, I spotted a lawn decked out for Halloween with just the right amount of flourish for me. A wispy little ghost with a pumpkin-head caught a breeze from the center tree while seasonal…

A garden ride for Halloween

A neighbor has the right touch for this 31st day of October, 2017. They’re ready to take your imagination for a ride. Happy Halloween from the Liverpool neighborhood of Galeville.

Apple pies and pumpkins out Oswego way

My dear wife Karen and I definitely enjoy this new October tradition. The drive north to Ontario Orchards in Oswego comes with apples on our mind. We want to come back to A Bitty Better in the Liverpool neighborhood of Galeville with two apple pies, one regular and one No Sugar Added. We want some…

What really scares me

There could be ghosts and goblins, witches and warlocks running around your part of the world today. Be careful. Something resembling this might jump out from behind a bush and try to relieve you of your wits and bodily fluids. It is Halloween, after all. Do you believe in ghosts, really? Seven years ago, when…

I kept everybody clear of the pitchfork

A good time was had by us. Everybody, actually, to my two eyes that looked out through the lens-less frames of my spectacles used to top the American Gothic portrait used as this year’s Halloween party costume for my dear wife Karen and I. Yes, we wore our classic painting get-ups in my car as…