Typically we hand out more than 1,000 pieces of candy to trick-or-treaters. This year, none of the kids would come up the walk to where I was sitting next to the bowls.
Separately and unrelatedly, I decided to wear a costume reminding the neighbors of my Massachusetts roots.
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Important to remember: Listen to Black Voices and Listen to Immigrant Voices… unless you’re on a Lindsay Clancy jury.
Loosely related…
Also, Monday could bring some news regarding America’s Mom: “Lindsay Clancy is due in court Monday. The hearing may settle if she’ll face new trial”.


Damn, I just flashed back to my brother, my sister, and me riding in the back with my mom, Karen, driving in the 8th grade. Then change Maskachusetts to Rhode Island. That was a true Halloween fright to see, Phil. Yikes! I wouldn’t take candy from a Karen either, smart kids.
I am really thinking about abandoning my reading of literature and politics, and just taking up reading the FAA FAR and AIM cover-to-cover again. Get a little structure back into the old noggin’.