End o week

Thursday, ratting around time; the gray coolness was perfect for urban hiking. Passed the house of a guy who decorates enthusiastically for every regular old American type holiday; he had a skeletal bridal couple - picture male and female versions of The Cryptkeeper - posing up on the porch, over a queen-sized coffin, with a "Just Married" sign hanging over them. You would think "Till Death Do Us Part" would have served more accurately, but I slipped by without asking him about it. There were scores of plastic jack-o-lanterns scattered about, as well as a pile of uninflated inflatable Hollween figures. Lights everywhere; it looks as if it will be quite a sight when the tableaux is completed. Terrifying to the eyes of young children, I think; he'll be able to keep most of the candy for himself.