In today's world Halloween is often a time to dress up and go door to door looking for treats. Its sort of a time which over the years has become commercialized...and honestly that isn't my favorite part of the holiday. No, I love Halloween for the meaning behind it...for the celebrations of life, of the harvest...for the myths and the legends, for the chance to be someone else for a few hours. Its the ultimate expression of a false face created ages and ages ago for a specific reason. When masks and costumes were designed to ward off the evil spirits which rose from the grave. Regardless of its origins (and yes there is controversy about that) Halloween is a great time to celebrate family. To gather to carve pumpkins, and make treats (not so much anymore), to play pranks on others, and to really just experience life and joy. For me, Halloween is a time when the paranormal is more readily accepted...when ghosts and goblins roam about with the living and it will always have
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Just checking back through the tour to be sure I have all the entries for the big draw Saturday!
Kathryn - Like you, Garwood was on my auto-buy list. Loved her historicals. She was one of four authors I always bought . . . include Jude Deveraux, Judith McNaught, Julie Grice. They were my Four J Gals.
I love your comment about heroes seeing love as weakness. You're SO right there!
Latisha - Thanks for your comments. I hope you decide to read Awakening. And I'd love to hear your comments if you do read my story.