Glowing to the End

To my faithful friends, I regret to say that this will be my last post.  One of the reasons for this is that my blog doesn't have a large number of readers.  I know there's “Countdown to Halloween”, but I really don’t have a lot of stuff to share. 

For those of you who read this blog, it meant the world to me.  Sharing with you my idea of Halloween has also been an interesting experience.  Besides that, I learned plenty about writing and myself.

As for the blog itself, I’ll keep it online, but won’t be updating it anymore.

Halloween Day

Most of Halloween day was comfortably familiar.

The first thing I did was to put the finishing touches on a blog post.  Then I watched some of the “Halloween” marathon on AMC, and “Burnt Offerings” on TCM.

I dressed up in a Halloween outfit, consisting of the t-shirt I bought recently, black pants, and spider earrings.  The spider came out of the hook, but luckily I fixed it.

Of course, Sis and I had to see a couple of movies.  They’re two of my favorites, “Subspecies” and “The Changeling”.

We assembled a few treats – creamy four cheese Rice a Roni, butterscotch pudding, and apple cider.

Looking back, there was a lot to do this year, with 4 pumpkins to carve, plus making mounds of puree.

I also watched a scary series called “Hammer House of Horror”.  About half of it was good; the endings were pretty intense.

In other news, I finally found the “Fear Finder”!  It’s a tradition for us to pick up this haunted attraction newspaper.  We were crushed when we couldn’t find it last season.

Anyhow, we had a great time.  Hope you did too.

By the way, thank you for reading my blog.  Take care, and have a nice year!

Carved Pumpkin

For the third year in a row, we carved pumpkins.  However, this time our organic pumpkins were grown from seed.

I carved this one all by myself.

Happy Halloween!

Haunted Hamlet: Book Review

A body in a haunted house leads Zoe to several mysterious deaths that occurred on that property in “Haunted Hamlet:  A Zoe Donovan Mystery (Volume 9)” by Kathi Daley.

I was going to stay away from Halloween books by this author, but when the back cover mentioned a ghost hunter, I couldn’t resist.  I’m glad I did, because there’s more Halloween in these pages than last time.  Besides that, I liked it when Zoe rescues the animals.

However, I don’t agree that Halloween is a children’s holiday.  In addition, some of the in-between scenes were boring.

Despite these problems, I enjoyed reading this paperback.

Roasted Pumpkin Nachos

I love to snack on these nachos!

Sis discovered this recipe from the magazine “Taste of Home:  Halloween”, 2014, page 49.

Here it is online:

Roasted Pumpkin Nachos 

We divided the chores.  I sliced the squash in half; peeled and cubed it.  Sis also diced, and assembled the ingredients.

We used organic butternut squash in place of pumpkin, because I didn’t roast the pumpkin before freezing it.  Other changes included reduced sodium beans, and 4 cups of cheese instead of 3.

The sweet squash was perfect for this dish.  Nevertheless, I’ll try it with pumpkin next time.

Halloween Finds: Walmart

My lucky streak continued with jewelry.  Most of the time, I can barely see one piece I like.  This year, I discovered two pairs.  Here are my finds from Walmart:

These spider and skeleton hand earrings are subtle but interesting.

Exorcism: The Possession of Gail Bowers – Movie Review

A girl is possessed after playing with an Ouija board in “Exorcism:  The Possession of Gail Bowers”.

This movie had some terrifying moments, as well as being gross at times (especially the bath scene).  A couple of parts were even funny.  I didn’t care for the sexual stuff, though.  Furthermore, I saw nothing new for most of the main exorcism.  On the other hand, the ending more than made up for it.

This film and “The Exorcist” have something in common, as they were based on the same true story.  That alone was enough to scare me spitless!