A Halloween Primer
Bloodcurdling screams of banshees and the moans of other specters
are signals to skirt graveyards and other creepy sectors.
Do not go close to water. La Llorona* lingers there.
Hobgoblins roam on Halloween. Please take extra care
that you aren’t impeded by your costume’s girth and weight
so just in case, you can maintain the proper speed and gait
to insure escaping witches, vampires, ghosts and ghouls
who inhabit Halloween and make up all the rules.
Heed well my past instructions of where you should not go.
Get home before the witching hour. These warnings you should know
lest you become another statistic of the night
set aside for horrors, for hauntings and for fright.
Halloween is filled with fun: the costumes, pumpkins, candy,
and if you heed my warnings, everything should turn out dandy.
Just stay away from witches of the authentic sort—
the kind with real black three-inch nails and a genuine wart.
Make sure the vampire’s fangs aren’t real, that ghost is in a sheet.
Assure the authenticity of every friend you meet.
It does not do to make new friends. Be guided by your fear
and do not talk to strangers on this one night of the year.
*In Latin American folklore, La Llorona (pronounced [la ʝo.ˈɾo.na], “The Weeping Woman”) is a ghost of a woman who lost her children and now cries while looking for them in the river, often causing misfortune to those who are near, or who hear her.
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lifelessons - a blog by Judy Dykstra-Brown 
My favorite time of the year!
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Mine, too, but this year I had a doctor’s appointment and missed the trick and treaters!
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Boo! I got sidetracked and ended up not doing much. Oh well., Everyday is Halloween for me so it’s ok,
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Is that good or bad?
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Bad! At the last minute my cable company had to work on the lines so I lost my wifi, I had to,send my dog to stay with family while this was going on….that was the worst. So I wasn’t in the Spirit.
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Well, there will always be another Halloween. We’ll enjoy the next one.
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It’s a deal😊
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But I did go to several events and may post photos..Kind of after the event, however, so perhaps I should save them for next year.
Xmas decorations already up in all the stores here. Depressing.
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I wasn’t up for much this year, maybe next year. I wouldn’t worry about posting Halloween pictures late, its still nice to hear about people’s Halloween adventures.
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That almost makes every evening sound like Halloween! Is La Llorona a ghost who comes out only on Halloween, or does she appear every night?
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Every night. She is the bogeyman of Mexico.. The one parents warn their children about.
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Fun and a bit scary too
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Good fun
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I’m thoroughly spooked!
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Ha. How did you celebrate?
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“Heed well my past instructions of where you should not go.
Get home before the witching hour. These warnings you should know…”
I used to say that to my children every time they went out Judy, halloween of not — but they never listened… 😉
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They are preparing to be teenagers.
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