#All Hallow&039;s Eve

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All Hail, Spirits of Halloween!

Over the past several months we have essayed what amounts to a series of light pieces exploring the many mutt holidays America inherited from Western Europe. There are more of them than might immediately spring to mind: Christmas, Easter, Carnival, May Day, April Fool’s Day, various Summer solstice celebrations and some others more obscure like St. Johns and St. Bartholomew’s Days. I call them…

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Kindness for the Dead

Under a Hostile Sun now has a Halloween Visual Novel! Hades VII is a newly discovered planet that was recently rocked by tragedy.  When a supposed ghost starts to terrorize the community (and the local wildlife) it’s up to you to solve a mystery that threatens to tear the community apart! Will the community find peace regarding the United Starship Calavera? Or will old feuds rip them apart? And…

[bookkats]

A Halloween Prayer

A Prayer for the Weird Onesthe ones who don’t fitthe ones who take comfort in being scared Here’s a prayer for those fascinated by magicthe mysticalthe liminality, those marginal places in-between Here’s a prayer for the lonely–those who identify with the goblins, the witches and trollsthe ones who want to be able to go up to strangers and demand hospitality This is a prayer for all those who…

[happy2bmyownboss]

Special Fall Meals and Recipe Links

I just realized that I never made a post for the special summer meals and recipe links but here is the one for Fall… I do believe that a lot of the recipes were on the blog but this just makes them easier to find. If you haven’t checked out our Perpetual Meal Plan – Fall 2024 then you should do it NOW! It’s completely FREE and a lot of the recipes can be found right here on our blog. Plus we’ve…

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Day 9: Mostly Ghostly - Horror Otome Game Highlight: Once Upon an All Hallow's Eve

Why am I back here...playing spooky otome games for #13DaysofOtakutober ? Here's my honest thoughts of Once Upon an All Hallow's Eve! #aniblogger #anitwt #otomegames

It’s that time again–not just Otakutober content, but time for some spooky Otome Otakutober content. If you’ve been around this blog for the past couple of years, you know that every Otakutober, I like to do a review of some “horror” otome games. Now, when I say horror, it’s mostly just spooky or paranormal romances. In the past, I’ve highlighted multiple games, but this year–and with so much…

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Morphus Creek Bridge

I had ridden over Morphus Creek Bridge hundreds of times before I came to know that it was haunted.  I don’t know when I heard the story or who told it to me.  I imagine it was on a bus ride to or from school but I can’t be sure.  The first story involves a family of three from the 1940’s. They were traveling on the unfamiliar country road late one rainy night when their automobile crashed into…

[fayepath]

Samhain - The Basics

Samhain – The Basics

I’m currently sitting on my couch, a hot cup of tea on my right, Sleepy Hollow is playing on the tv in front of me, a stack of witchy books to my left- and a box of tissues with a tiny mountain of used Kleenex. And that’s pretty much what I’ve been doing the last week. I’ve been struck with quite the headcold- a week before my favourite holiday of the year!- but I’m on the mend and ready to talk…

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All Hallow's Eve

All Hallow’s Eve

Halloween. Sly does it. Tiptoe catspaws. Slide and creep. But why? What for? How? Who? When! Where did it all begin? “You don’t know, do you?” asks Carapace Clavicle Moundshroud climbing out of the pile of leaves under the Halloween Tree. “You don’t really know!” – Ray Bradbury, The Halloween Tree

Samhain. All Hallows. All Hallow’s Eve. Hallow E’en. Halloween. The most magical night of the year.…

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Countdown to #Halloween! (plus where I've been)

Countdown to #Halloween! (plus where I’ve been)

We are just under two months from #Halloween!

Well, I really wanted to start my Halloween countdown at the three month mark, but life gets in the way.  I’ve been sooo busy with my little one – therapy appointments, parent-tot gymnastics, toddler time at the library, and so on.  We are also heading to Spain in a couple weeks for some amazing family time!  So, getting ready for that has kept me…

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All Hallows Eve Spirit Search and Halloween Safety for Pets!

All Hallows Eve Spirit Search and Halloween Safety for Pets!

All Hallows Eve (Halloween) only eight days left!  Can you believe it? Toil and Trouble continue their search for the Halloween Spirit. This week, you won’t believe what they found. LOL! But Toil and Trouble’s quest for the Halloween Spirit continues. Do you decorate for Halloween? What do you do? Do you dress up your pets for Halloween? Do they hate it or enjoy the fuss you make over them when…

[raiyine]

EXCERPT: Love on All Hallows Eve by Martha Wickham

EXCERPT: Love on All Hallows Eve by Martha Wickham

The cold fall air blew over Terra’s face and through her long, curly, black hair. It was the night before Halloween and Terra’s mind drifted away. She was on one of her late night strolls through the local graveyard. Sitting on a grassy mound she watched the blood moon turn slightly red. This part of Chicago was peaceful and restful. No city to disturb anyone. Fall leaves blew and circled her a…

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Entrer dans octobre

Bonjour chers abonnés,

C’est lundi, et c’est une magnifique journée!

Ça y est cette semaine nous entrons dans le mois d’octobre, mon mois préféré de l’année. Je l’adore depuis toujours ce mois. Lorsque j’étais plus jeune, je l’aimais parce qu’il était synonyme de vacances de la Toussaint, et que pour moi c’était un super moment. Dans la petite ville où j’habitais il y avait une immense foire, et…

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Since tomorrow is Halloween I thought a post about witches would be appropriate. Surprisingly there are quite a few witch legends in Illinois to check out. I decided to check out the two nearest ones to share with you.

THE WITCH OF ST. OMER CEMETERY

About an hour southeast of Champaign is the tiny cemetery of the now-defunct village St. Omer. The quiet cemetery is set a fair ways back from the road down a dirt road. Nestled amongst the encroaching forest is a grave that stands out from all the other graves. Not only is an oddly shaped grave but the people buried beneath it are buried in an opposite direction than the other cemetery residents. The other graves face either east or west while this grave face north and south. The headstone resembles a crystal ball balanced on a pyre.

Did you happen to catch the odd engraving in that last picture? If you didn’t take a closer look.

According to legend, Caroline Barnes was a witch that was killed shortly after the death of her husband. Depending on who you ask, Caroline was either hung or burned to death after the villagers thought she would bring something evil to their town. Before she died, Caroline claimed to come back on the 100th anniversary of her death to terrorize the town. To protect their town, the villagers carved the wrong date into the headstone so Caroline won’t know the day she died.

Unfortunately, there is no information to back up these legends. There is, however, information about the Barnes family. Caroline’s husband, Marcus Barnes, passed away after an accident at the local sawmill. Caroline passed away the next year from pneumonia. The date was carved by accident with her real death date being either February 26th or February 28th, 1882. By the time the error was found, it would have cost too much to fix the headstone so the unlikely death date stayed.

Just because the legend probably isn’t true doesn’t mean that there aren’t whispers of hauntings at the cemetery. Ghost hunters and curious folks have reported orbs showing up in pictures, phantom lights wondering around the cemetery at night, and the crystal ball on top of the pyre glowing mysteriously. Modern day witches feel drawn to this grave and have been reported to have been seen performing rituals on the grave.

I visited this cemetery during the day but I plan to go back at night sometime to see if I can see any of the phantom lights or the crystal ball glowing. Perhaps I will bring my own crystal ball to see if that helps trigger something to appear.

THE WITCH OF CHESTERVILLE

A little. closer to Champaign, just outside of Arcola, is a tiny town by the name of Chesterville. The area around Chesterville is known for its Amish and Mennonite residents. In the Chesterville Cemetery, there is a very large tree towards the back near the Kaskaskia River. It looks out of place due to its size.

Walking towards the tree, you’ll notice that there is an iron fence growing out of the tree. There is what looks like it could be a headstone at one end of the fenced area but it has been worn smooth by time.

There are two legends about this grave. The most common legend is that this is the grave of an Amish woman. She was quite outspoken and often questioned the elders of the village about how women were treated. She was shunned by the elders who sited her outspokenness to be a sign of witchcraft. One day the woman disappeared. Her body was found a few days later in a cornfield. The elders had her buried in a non-Amish cemetery with a tree planted above her grave to keep her body from rising from the grave. Later an iron fence was installed around the tree and grave to protect the tree. According to Amish legend, if the tree dies or is cut down, the witch’s soul is able to rise from the grave and wreak havoc on the village again. If you look closely at the tree it looks as though someone has tried to cut the tree down recently.

The other legend regarding this grave is of another young woman whose name has been lost in the retellings of the legend. In this legend, the young girl is someone who is known for her healing abilities and was thought to be able to control humans and animals. When the woman passed away, her father planted the tree on her grave to preserve her spirit.

Despite who might be buried under the tree, there are claims of paranormal activity in the cemetery. A woman has been reported by the grave that will disappear when approached. Some people who have visited the grave have reported that they have felt anger and loneliness when they approached the tree but after they left the cemetery they felt normal again.

According to The Illinois Road Guide To Haunted Locations there is a dare that says if you go to the cemetery and touch the tree at midnight, the witch will show herself. Perhaps I will go tomorrow night on All Hallow’s Eve to see if the witch will show herself. I’ll let you know if I meet her.

Something Witchy This Way Comes Since tomorrow is Halloween I thought a post about witches would be appropriate. Surprisingly there are quite a few witch legends in Illinois to check out.

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Blogtober Book Quotes | The Halloween Tree

Today I'm back with another Blogtober Book Quotes for #Blogtober & #Blogoween!

It’s time for another Blogtober Book Quote!  Today’s quote comes from one of my October TBR picks, and that is The Halloween Tree by Ray Bradbury!  I love how descriptive and atmospheric this quote is.  It just feels so much like Halloween!

Anyone could see that the wind was a special wind this night, and the darkness took on a special feel because it was All Hallows’ Eve. Everything seemed…

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A Kiss with Teeth by Max Gladstone

A Halloween story that is also for Father's Day! I review @maxgladstone's "A Kiss with Teeth" #Halloween2017 Vlad's the World's Best Dad!

I have never read a more Halloween Father’s Day story than “A Kiss with Teeth” by Max Gladstone.

In this dark but ultimately heartwarming tale, Dracula has moved to suburbia to raise a family, but begins to grow apart from his wife Sarah and his son Paul as he suffers from the seven-year itch. It is one of the stories collected in the anthology The New Voices of Fantasy, edited by Peter S. Beagle…