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Happy Halloween. Happy Samhain. It’s a harvest festival and a festival when the veil is thin between this world and the next. Traditionally a time to say good-bye to the dear departed. I’ve got to go get ready to take Trinity trick or treating. I’m trying to decide if it’s too cold for my costume. I’ve got a cape. Jon and I will probably take turns taking her out and serving candy. We usually do. The pumpkins are lit. The excitement runs high, and all I can think of is that I didn’t get my minim pages today. This is a high holy day for our faith. An important day, but I just haven’t been able to get into the spirit of things this year. It is the end of our year, because it is the end of the harvest. Now’s the time to prepare for winter in a serious way. To make sure you have enough food stored away, and fuel to keep you warm. The seasons don’t mean much when you have central heating and central air, and grocery stores, but the rhythm’s of the earth are still there, still waiting to be felt. It’s going to be a chilly Samhain here. One year in Indiana we had snow on Halloween. I’m off to either put on make-up for the costume, or help with the last two pumpkins still to be carved. Happy holiday to everyone. Be safe out there.