BEWITCHING TIME

The fifteenth of October seems to be a good time

to get Halloween off to a good start. 

About twenty middle-aged women,

probably comparable to the Salem girls,

dressed up in black and around noon

met and began their sojourn around the county

stopping at various homes to snack and drink

and carry on with their picture-taking. 

All were dressed in black with tall dunce-type hats. 

There wasn’t a clear plan so a lot of

wandering and arguing took place. 

They endured the pace and finished

heir romping around seven, worn to a frazzle

and all claiming they had a good time. 

The day was cold and there was doubt that

the time they spent was put to the best use. 

They didn’t have a plan to entertain those folks at

the medi-care building or go help older people

clean up their yards and get ready for winter. 

Some places needed junk removed from their yards

and would have been grateful for the help,

but no it was just wandering about,

stopping here and there to share their witchy enthusiasm

with friends and people they knew until they finally

exhausted themselves and called it quits for this year. 

They said they were happy with the event, but

there were underlying remarks about how

they could have done better. 

Maybe next year will be different. 

All of this is in the past and now they and

we have today to do our part in working toward

the betterment of the community.  I hope we can

step up and get a few things done.

Stanski

October 16, 2022, ^