Halloween, aka Eve of All Saints, is a Day of the Dead.

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We live in a world of routine, predictability, and pedestrian problems. (2020 doesn't count. Much.)

Magic doesn't really seem to exist in our world.

Or does it?

Perhaps we live above a very thin surface, like floating on a tranquil lake, and just underneath it there are ghouls ...

Photo: “Gertrude and Brunhilda” from The KAMics by KAM


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Next Sunday, October 11, The KAMics will have been online for 16 years.

Where does the time go?

Have a nice day,
KAM


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