Fits perfectly, don't you think? She has studied previous Halloween posts to get a sense of what this peculiar holiday is all about and why it requires her to cover up her pretty new haircut with a long cape that she will inevitably step on or wag off with her tail in the excitement of meeting throngs of young chocolate-seeking zombies and ghosts. She has taken my words to heart, though, and is ready to play her part in the festivities. "I love the little princesses and the animals and the girls with fangs and the one who explains she is 'the spirit of music,'" I declared in 2008, the last Halloween I was physically able to greet visitors. I went on to explain:
I love a festival of pretending to be something other than what you "are." I think that is a healthy exercise in stepping outside the usual order of things. I think it is good to try to know oneself in one's apart-ment, as Dickinson might have said.As it was then, so it is now and ever shall be. Happy Halloween, darlings. Enjoy the dark side. Revel in your apart-ment. Just don't let your dogs eat chocolate. We'll be back soon with a blockbuster post on the theme of Excellence Without Money, but my typist, like all the other profs in the blogosphere, has a mountain of papers to grade and letters to write at the moment. Pray for her, please, as she endeavors to rid the world of comma-splices and mushy prose. Peace out.
I am Reveling in my apart-ment -- waves and smiles!
ReplyDeleteMy dog thought Halloween was the best holiday EVER! Lots of little kids, all coming to his door just to pet him!
ReplyDeleteI hope Ruby has a lovely holiday!
Awww!
ReplyDeleteHow many little toddlers came dressed as garbage trucks? I am doing a survey.
ReplyDeleteNot a one, CPP. Kids in our 'hood were fairly unimaginative this year, but at least most of them were in costume and not just wandering around getting candy for nothing. Lots of toddlers as garbage trucks in your neck of the woods?
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