On 10/31/2014 6:34 PM, Julie Bove wrote:
> I think that the recent high school shooting and the threats of
> shootings and such in this area have frightened people. And rainy
> weather isn't helping. In the middle of the night, two people called
> 911 and reported seeing a man with a rifle, running through the building
> at the Everett Boeing Plant. The 5:00 a.m. news said they now think
> that it was just a man with a long, folded up umbrella. I am not buying
> that. I could see maybe one person making a mistake like that. But
> two? Nope.
>
> I am glad that I didn't buy as much candy as I usually do because we got
> far less kids than in years past. Seems we get fewer and fewer each
> year. I didn't go all out with the decorations as I have in the past.
> I just threw a string of purple lights on the Rhodie around 4:00 p.m.
> and put out 4 fake pumpkins and that lantern that I bought at Costco.
>
> If you get Trick Or Treaters where you live, are you getting very many?
> Everyone I have spoken to on the phone or on Facebook has told me they
> have gotten far less this year. Perhaps Trick Or Treating is going the
> way of the wind! Oh and almost all that I did get were driven in by
> their parents. I only saw two groups that were walking. But I also
> think that we don't have many kids of any age who live near here now.
> There will be some moving in next door but they are still working on
> that house. Most of the houses on this street are pretty small so I
> guess we don't have a lot of families here.

We don't get any trick-or-treaters in my condo. I cannot say why but
perhaps it's God giving one of his faithful servants protection from
witches, zombies, and Michael Jacksons.

OTOH, the kid that was living with us for 4 years grabbed his belongings
and moved back to his parent's house on Halloween. I guess you could say
that the number of kids we had on Halloween was -1.