Happy Halloween

I like Halloween. Over the years, we have dressed our kids up as pumpkins, dinosaurs, witches, ghouls, soldiers, princesses, and vampires.

But tonight, for the first time, all of our kids will be going somewhere else to celebrate. Our teenage daughters have a "teenager party", and our son is going to his best friend's house to trick-or-treat.

That means my wife and I will celebrate at home alone. Maybe we'll watch a scary movie or tell ghost stories...like this one.


There are fields in our town near Gary's farm. People say that during the Revolutionary War there was a young man who lived near that farmland. He was in love with a girl from town.

She loved him too, and they decided to get married. But the war intervened, and he went to fight the British. He was a good soldier and fought hard. Even so, he was killed in battle. She was heartbroken. But after many years, she found someone else and married.

If you are near those fields at night, don't linger in the moonlight. You'll likely meet up with that young soldier if you do. His ghost is said to haunt those fields as he is still searching for his girl.