Grandson Mitchell takes the field with his football buddies as Middleton hosts Fond du lac in the State High School Championships tonight. Can you throw a pass in 45 mph winds?
The temperatures today are supposed to dip into the low thirties with winds gusting between 40-50 mph. Perfect for “trick or treating”.
It is Halloween. Strange things happen on Halloween.
I’m sure as a kid you can remember scary situations. Things like noises under the bed. Maybe a banging shutter on the window. How about a creaking door?
I remember going to the movie theater which featured “The Thing”. It was about a monster frozen in the ice that becomes “unfrozen” to frighten and kill military personnel in the Arctic. In the movie, very door that opened and every hallway corridor became frightening. After the movie I had to walk 2 blocks to get home. Since we lived “downtown”, there were lots of close buildings and stores. I walked right down the middle of the “street” (yes the street) in fear of anything that might jump out from the alleys and attack me. Alas, I made it home.
There also was a cemetary in town near the Mullet River. One night, a buddy named Carl (he was in high school a the time) walked through the cemetary to get home (he lived on a street adjacent to the cemetary). He as attacked by someone who jumped out from behind a gravestone. Carl was traumatized (and injured). He missed an entire year of school as a result of the attack. There were many times when cutting though the cemetary at night would have made my traveling home a lot shorter. I do admit to avoiding the dark journey. In my mind, there was always someone lurking behind a stone. I don’t think they ever caught the person who attacked Carl. Maybe he still lurks there today.
The mind can do strange things. If you listen closely, tonight on Halloween, you can hear strange sounds and see things in the shadows that could harm you. Don’t get run over by a flying witch! Boogedy, boogedy, boogedy.
Clocks “fall back” tomorrow.
Love,
Dad