Postcard From Merion
October is cider, spiced wafers and Halloween. It is a wonderful holiday as it gives kids a chance to experience life in a new light.
Two things I remember as a child at Halloween. First when I was 7 or 8 ringing doorbells and running away to hide in the bushes on "Mischief Night." The police arrived with search lights and we got away just in the nick of time, but I still remember the panic and have been a law-abiding citizen ever since.
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“There I sat, dressed as a hobo with people who were close to that state themselves...”
The second is when I lived in the country and was around 13, going out on Halloween dressed up as a hobo. Two friends and I walked down a long dark lane to a house way off the road to trick-or-treat. The people who answered the door obviously did not anticipate anyone, but were game enough to offer us hot chocolate. They had a very run-down establishment and were not given to casual chatter. We of course had to accept their 'treat.'
So there I sat, dressed as a hobo with people who were close to that state themselves, drinking their hot chocolate. It was food for thought, to say the least.
