Haunted

“One potato, two potato, three potato, four…”

I don’t want to play!

I know you’re scared, we all are, but you lost!

Everyone says it’s haunted!

Well, that’s why we’re here, it’s Halloween!

But, but. . .but, I’m the smallest one here, and if there really is a monster in there, I will be easy prey! Why not send Biggie Roberts? He’s a bully anyway, who cares if the monster gets him? Sam starts to cry.

That’s why they call you Snivelly Sam. You’re always blubbering about something. You lost the count. Now go in!

Sam hesitates and then pulls himself up to his tallest three foot five and wipes his eyes and nose on his sleeve. Okay, he thought, I’ll show them! He put one hand in his pocket to hold onto the lucky penny his grandad gave him and squeezed it as he opened the creaky door and stepped inside. The door shut behind him.

It’s been fifteen minutes, did you guys hear anything? I didn’t either. Think we should go in after him?

After another five minutes, Sam came outside with a big smile on his face, and the boys outside were shocked.

What happened? What was inside, was it scary?Why are you smiling?

Sam just kept on walking home. The rest of the boys just looked at each other in amazement, following along behind with their questions. Sam walked into his house and left them outside. His mom said, hello honey, did you have fun today? Sam smiled and told her about the friendly old grandma in the haunted house who fed him cider and donuts as a Halloween treat.

https://toy.photography/2020/10/16/tourmaline-s-halloween-challenge-pumpkin/

Sailing

A windy day and as sails start to fill, I ponder with a lucid mind, my divine youthful days, fresh and new to the constant waves of life–started as an adventure, unaccustomed to the ways of the sea, and its powerful indifference.

https://sammiscribbles.wordpress.com/2020/10/17/weekend-writing-prompt-179-lucid/

Sails – Word of the Day Challenge

FOWC with Fandango — Ponder

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Ornaments

Maybe it’s not too early to Christmas shop since I received this ad from Hallmark today. When my kids were small we would go to the local H store and delight in the decorations and papers and bows available. Now a lot of those times are forgotten and gone. Here is the 2020 ornament they offer with “sweet decade” title.

To me, the more appropriate one would look a bit like this for the year 2020:

Still has the tradtional red and green, not too scary, but..

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