Another Haunted Gathering

Halloween gatherings are generally my very favorite kind of gathering, and
pretty much every year, we either attend or host one with some of our very
best friends. Last year, in Greensboro, we had a pretty damned big one; this
year, for a variety of reasons, we opted to go much smaller. Still, it was a
dozen freaky folks here at Ground Zero, and it was a hollering good time. Lots of
great food, a variety of boos, and a fun brain game or two.





Our friends Bob & Yvonne brought along their
15-year-old grandson, Eli , and he fit right in with this particular
gangsome. He decided to leave earlier than our other guests, and since his
place is in walking distance, he set out on foot. Now, Eli was wearing an
inflatable alien-carrying-a-human costume, which was by no means conducive to
graceful mobility. When he left, the road was dark, and he went booking along
at pretty high speed. Then... a couple of cars came by and caught him in their
headlights. Clearly, the drivers were shocked, for they slowed way down
and gave him very wide berth. For us, this provided the biggest laugh
of the entire year. You sort of had to be there, but I trust you get the
picture.


Sadly, we didn't get that many photos of the attendees in costume. Once things
got going, the cameras were pretty much forgotten. Alas! Anyhoo, some of us
did snap a few shots from time to time. We ended the evening with a showing of
The Mist , which went very late indeed.


We've got another gathering — a Halloween geocaching event — to look forward
to, and of course we'll have movies aplenty to keep us busy until the big
day.