orange pumpkin beside the glass window

Out With Summer, In With Fall And Halloween

The thermometer says summer, but our heads tell us it’s autumn. Fall football has started and we’re on our way to Halloween. Cue the horror theme park fests, now underway at various locations around America. Seems Halloween is approaching Christmas status, starting earlier every year and getting bigger as well. In fact, in Salem, Massachusetts…

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The Witchy World Of An Old New England Town Where Every Day Is Halloween

Weird and wonderful is the only way to describe my brief visit to Salem, Massachusetts. If you have a fascination with the hauntings of Halloween, this is the epicenter for such things as ghost tours, a touristy witch “museum”, kitschy horror shops, and storefront psychics. On the other hand, the colonial charm and history of…

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Holy Halloween! Mickey’s Not So Scary Is Here!

(Mellow Wanderer, Orlando, FL) As the calendar rolls in candy corn, caramel apples and carved pumpkins, pint-sized ghosts, pirates and princesses are ready to parade down Main Street. Yes, the time has come for Mickey’s Not-So-Scary Halloween Party at Walt Disney World’s Magic Kingdom. Beginning September 15 and running through November 1, Magic Kingdom stays…

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