Tonight is Halloween, which started many years ago as mockery of All Saints Day, which the Church observes tomorrow, Nov. 1st. Now it has a life of its own, and as we are constantly reminded, it is the beginning of the two-month shopping and buying spree known as the “holidays” in America.

Tomorrow I will attend Church and pray for the intersession of all the saints to God for all of us, especially family and friends and my country.

In the world of the GP garden there is no Halloween. Life goes on and the dying of the plants and leaves continues, affected by the weather but not by the date.

This year in my neighborhood the trick and treaters came last Saturday, so tonight it was quiet. Maybe if I had grown some pumpkins I would have had one this year in our house. This is the first year we have not had one at our house. I just guess that the three of us living here felt it was not that important, having a pumpkin. Maybe the one above will suffice and I will be forgiven for not being a true American.

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