"I knew I would grow up and wear a costume one day,
and that's exactly what happened.
-- Cassandra Peterson
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| Self portrait 11-2-14 |
"Every day each of us wakes up,
reaches into drawers and closets,
pulls out a costume for the day
and proceeds to dress in a style
that can only be called preposterous."
-- Mary Smich
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| Abe, Charlie, Frank and Hermione 11-2-14 |
As we do every Halloween, we all dressed up in costumes to pass out candy to the little goblins and ghouls who traipsed around our cul de sac.
I was Charlie Chaplin. My husband was Abe Lincoln. Leo was a Frankenstein's monster. And Mackenna was Hermione Granger.
We didn't get many takers for our treats, but we looked good.
Ridiculous. But good.
Afterwards, Leo, Mackenna and I went to three different stores, in costume, to buy whipped cream and chocolate sauce for our post-Trick or Treat pancake supper.
We drew a few curious looks, but mostly I think people were super jealous that we three had the courage to be having that much fun while they were stuck being boring old regular people.
Actually, courage didn't have a damn thing to do with it.
Even though we were in costumes, we were really just being ourselves.
We just happened to have a good excuse.
