The Veils Grow Thin on All Hallow's Eve!

HAPPY HALLOWE'EN / SAMHAIN!“The Bat that flits at close of Eve
Has left the Brain that won't believe.
The Owl that calls upon the Night
Speaks the Unbeliever's fright."

~ William Blake

"Hark! Hark to the wind! 'Tis the night, they say,
When all souls come back from the far away-
The dead, forgotten this many a day!"

~ Virna Sheard

I heard a whisper whispering.

I heard a whisper whispering,

Upon this fine fall day...

As I went out walking this fall afternoon,

I heard a laugh a'laughing.

I heard a laugh a'laughing,

Upon this fine fall day...

I heard this whisper and I wondered,

I heard this laugh and then I knew.

The time is getting near my friends,

The time that I hold dear my friends,

The veil is getting thin my friends,

And strange things will pass through.

(Author unknown)

"Shadows of a thousand years rise again unseen,
Voices whisper in the trees, "Tonight is Halloween!"

~ Dexter Kozen

The Old Graveyard

By: Kurtis Primm

There is an old graveyard

I always walk by

Where others before me

Have died and now lie.

And when I walk by it

It gives me the creeps

To know that one day

It’s there that I’ll sleep.

Sometimes I see shadows

And I often hear sounds

Could it be coming from those

Buried deep underground?

I walked past one evening

It was quite late at night

I could see them there standing

A trick of the light?

I saw one approach

With it’s pale outstretched hand

And it beckoned to join it

So I turned and I ran.

Now I’ll never walk past

That old graveyard again

Cause I’m scared

I may never be heard from again.

The old graveyard’s still there

And I know in my mind

That the dead are there waiting

Just biding their time.

So if you walk past

And you hear the wind moan

It may not be the wind

But them calling you home.

Tis' Hallowe'en once again and I am a busy lil' witch preparing for all the evenings festivities. It has been raining all night and all morning, but the sun is now shining through and cold air is moving in. We will begin preparing the hot soup and bread, chips and dips, pumpkin bread and cookies, cupcakes and spiced apple cider. Friends and family will be here soon, and the house will be a buzz with activity as excited children (and even more excited Wendy) get dressed and ready to shuffle into the moonlit night breeze to get our fill of Trick or Treat!

Thank you all for joining me in the Countdown to Hallowe'en this year. You guys are what really make this season and this holiday such a treat for me. I'm very grateful to be able to share my time with other Autumn People and Hallowe'en Heads who love it as much as I do! May you all have a Magical All Hallow's Eve filled with scares and candy and fun! :o)

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