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November 01, 2001 - 2:09 p.m.

Halloweenies

It�s too bad all those people died in NYC and DC. It really is awful. But why should it have an effect on a kid�s natural right to beg door to door for pre-packaged sweets? I realized at 4 PM yesterday that I probably didn�t have enough candy for the little Ghouls. I had planned ahead wisely and bought several bags of stuff at Big Lots three weeks ago. But after saying �trick or treat� to myself at various times and popping one third of the stash into my mouth, I was a little low.

So I jetted out to Jewel even as the kids were already arriving around the neighborhood and making their rounds. In broad daylight. I�ll never get used to that. When I was a kid we never started until after dark which in October is fairly early. I guess begging in daylight makes it easier to see the razor blades sticking out of the apples.

Those little kids sure are cute! I got �thank yous� from most of them. I had the same turnout that I usually have every year, but there were fewer kids who were obviously too old to be trick or treating. Not too many houses on my street open for business on October 31. I sat out on my front porch to deliver the goods so as to keep the stupid dogs at bay.

It seemed a waste to take these thriving little plants and just dump them in the Bio-Orb. So I trimmed back the viney things, and brought them in the house. I gave all four pots a good long drink of water, and they can keep me company this winter. If they�re all still healthy next spring I�ll set them outside again, I�ve got nothing to lose.

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