Fraidy Cat

I come from a long line of pumpkin carvers. 

While I was never enamored with the spooky, ghoulish feel of Halloween, my family considered Jack O' Lantern creation a high art. Originally a tradition begun in Ireland, these days carved pumpkins just as often display goofy faces as they do scary ones. Even so, I feel out of step when it comes to Halloween, a fraidy cat caught in a haunted house.

While I cover my eyes, thoughts of spider webs, slasher movies, and vampire fangs still swirl in my head. November can't come fast enough.

"Where there is no imagination, there is no horror." - Sir Arthur Conan Doyle