Frightening the neighbourhood children

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I adore Hallowe’en and always have. It’s the one Western mainstream holiday that I plan and prepare for (and probably spend too much money on). My costumes have been very elaborate (I recall a Pepper and Salt outfit that my friend Kim and I took days to make when we were 9, and then there was the perfect angel costume a friend made for me when I was 12 years old). Some have also been fairly simple. Dead, scary, monstery outfits are my favourites.

What’s been really fun the last couple of years is making Hallowe’en fun for the neighbourhood kids (and by extension, me too). We play scary music, and decorate the house a little and I wore ugly, monster teeth that  frightened the little ones and offered fodder for parents wanting to teach their children about the consequences of poor oral hygeine. Above is a photo taken by my neighbour, Emily.

The neighbourhood has been on my mind a lot lately. I wrote a piece about it for NOW Magazine this week. Have a look

Comments

  1. The NOW piece is great – you touched on so many truths and so many causes to celebrate. Halloween night was an extraordinary illustration of how this neighbourhood has connected in the last year plus. I knew EVERYONE last night! It felt great! Kudos to you. (Great trick or treat experience at your place, by the way!)

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