We went to Olvera Street several times when I took you with me. But you did not get to go on Halloween or All Soul’s Day. I have to say, the Mexicans know how to celebrate death and their loved ones. I honor them for that. They do this big parade with incense and flowers….
You’ve seen me use the word macabre. Macabre is a french word. Americans use it as as adjective or describing word. It means: Disturbing and horrifying because of involvement with or depiction of death and injury. But when Charles Camille Saints Saens wrote this amazing musical piece, he did not intend for people to be…
Our class party was a smashing success! My skull cake was deemed “very yummy” as were the cupcakes. One of my student’s moms made a brain out of jello. Another student brought mozarella cheese sticks AKA zombie fingers. It was all very dark and macabre. Speaking of dark and macabre, when I lived in the…
WOW! You gotta see this! It was on Facebook. I guess I’m easily impressed. Well a long week of work has ended. I’m not sure if it was the full moon or kids getting into the candy early, but the kids were just NUTS! Yeah, I’ll be home passing out candy tonight. I have all…
I made Halloween owl cupcakes last night. My kids are supposed to have a Harvest Party today, but their behavior is getting out of hand. I won’t cancel it, just get out my thumb screws! But seriously, I hope you have an amazing and magical day today. I remember we had a Halloween Party…
This song first premiered in the Disney movie, Hocus Pocus. Sarah Jessica Parker does a gorgeous job of singing it in the movie. But I also like this version created by KatetheGreat19 and the Suicidal Cat folks. Yes, I love playing with words. Obviously Kate loves it too. Wow! What amazing words in the song….
I know how Bea loves to read. And perhaps you will both remember me making you watch this Halloween movie with me. Remember when we went to the Pumpkin Patch in your town? Purity and I played in those HUGE pumpkins you can sit inside of and we also rode the little train around the…
I wonder if you remember several Halloweens ago when you both lived with the family in a mobile home park? We got to spend Halloween together. We dressed Purity up as Hannah Montana. I can’t for the life of me remember what Bea was dressed up as! I’m sorry. Maybe it was those horrible boots…
All posts today have been cut and pasted from various sources. In honor of Domestic Violence Awareness Month, I thought it might be a good idea to define a few terms and enlighten our sketchyscribe readers to a few facts: From the website DomesticViolence.org: Domestic violence and emotional abuse are behaviors used by one person…
I couldn’t find a video with the lyrics, but I think the lyrics REALLY make this song. And in honor of National Domestic Violence Abuse Awareness Month, I send this song out for all those victims of physical, verbal and emotional abuse. Independence Day – Touched By An Angel Soundtrack Sung by Imani Coppola I…