Both things I had on my calendar for this weekend have been postponed, which means I now have to think about doing other things with my days. Plus, there’s that extra “Fall Back” hour to fill. Here’s how I’m thinking I might use the time:
Watch the Nationals World Series parade. I’m iffy about the crowds, but someone Rudi knows suggested the last massive sports parade he attended was manageable near the route start, so I may give that a shot. But if it’s too overwhelming, it’s not like they need me there to have the parade.
Go to the library in Virginia where the book my new book club is reading is on hold for me.
Do laundry.
Ride a bike to a hot drink for a coffeeneuring stop.
Start cleaning my apartment. My holiday party is in a month, and my apartment is more messy than ever.
Bake something seasonal, possibly using quince.
Eat pizza.
Book a rental car for Thanksgiving.
Finish my shawl. Then I could block it, because although it will be cool, it will also be sunny and dry.
Visit the garden to pick the last of the tomatoes and basil and pull out dead plants.
Read Rainbow Rowell’s Pumpkinheads, which takes place on Halloween.
Spend as much time outside during daylight as possible, since weekends will be the last I see of daylight for the next several months.
How about you? What will you do with your extra-long 2-day weekend?
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1. Did you hear the Nationals won the World Series?
2. The volleyball friend who lives closest to me and I walked home together after our game on Tuesday and both decided it was too beautiful to go inside for the night, so instead we stopped for an impromptu supper at our local watering hole.
3. Five minutes before we were closing up our candy-dispensing operation, our largest crowd of small costumed characters — including a lion, The Stig and a scientist — arrived at our doorstep, ending our Halloween on an up note.
How about you? What’s been beautiful in your world lately?
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My favorite Halloween song is probably “Zombie Jamboree,” popularized when I was growing up by Rockapella. It wouldn’t be for another couple decades before I learned that they were simply covering the song, written in the early 1950s by Winston O’Conner (who performed as Lord Intruder and debuted the song as “Jumbie Jamberie”) and popularized on the folk circuit by the Kingston Trio.
The Williams Street Mix, an a capella group at my college, made this one of their most popular tunes. This is a slightly more traditional version of the song than Rockapella usually performed.
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This week’s Top Ten Tuesday post from That Artsy Reader Girl is Halloween-themed, so I thought I’d share some suggestions for Halloween costumes you could do based on literary characters. I have only used some of them personally:
Pippi Longstocking:
Phryne Fisher (the tv show demonstrates how many amazing outfits you could pick from)
Raggedy Ann:
Sherlock Holmes (it helps if you own a deerstalker hat)
Anne of Green Gables (I’ve noticed puffed sleeves are in right now)
Anyone from Harry Potter:
Any of the ragtag group from the Oz books (if you pick the literary version of Dorothy, your shoes will not be red and fewer people will recognize you; conversely, you could go as the tornado, although I would make it a two funnel-tornado in order to be able to walk)
Go classic with Count Dracula, Frankenstein’s Monster, or Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (for the latter, you would need to divide your costume down the middle)
Little Red Riding Hood:
Paddington
Have you ever dressed up as a favorite bookish character?
