Ghosts Of Halloweens Past

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Ghosts Of Halloweens Past

   I know Halloween has its lovers and its haters, though probably more lovers than haters.
    I happen to be among the Halloween lovers.
  I've always loved Halloween, even past the time when I was still considered young enough to put on a costume and go house-to-house collecting candy bars, full-sized candy bars  being the Halloween treat de rigueur back in my day.
    I remember even being excited on the first Halloween that I stayed home to give out candy to trick-or-treaters instead being among them. It was 1964. I was in eighth grade. I felt very grown-up,

...even though I still played with Barbies. (See post from 3/6/2014, https://www.ailantha.com/blog/our-barbies-ourselves).

    I remember that night hearing  on the radio the song "She's Not There" by the British rock group The Zombies,

...and thinking that was a cool song for Halloween because it sounded kind of spooky and The Zombies was kind of a spooky name. I think it's because of that song that this particular Halloween stands out so saliently in my memory.

     Maybe it's because of the memories of Halloweens past,

...that those of us who love Halloween continue to look forward to it,

...even after our own little ghosts,

...and clowns,

...and dancers,

...and knights,

...have long grown.

     Maybe we love Halloween because we see in the faces of the little
tricker- or -treaters, 

...the faces of our own children, once upon a time,

...and remember ourselves being young.
       Happy Halloween.