Born in the isolation of a Northfield, Minnesota winter, Halfway to Halloween rapidly grew into a global phenomenon, at least in the mind of its founder, Charlie Biskupic. He should have been writing a term paper on that fateful day in 2007. Instead, he invented a holiday. "It had been a long winter," he said. [...]
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God bless us, everyone
I'm sporting soggy feet from an aggravating trip to Lambeau Field, anxiously tracking packages from a last-minute, late-night on-line shopping spree, futilely trying to tune-out the mounting chaos in the adjoining family room, and feeling like the luckiest person in the world. Our house, our bellies, and our hearts are full. God bless us, everyone. [...]
A toast to St. Cyril and a wee bit of blarney
In a misguided effort to stump my sister in-law, elderly Mr. Callahan stopped her at the door of their Manhattan apartment building on March 18 several years ago. "Guess what today is?" he asked. Having just received the annual reminder phone call from her fun-loving father, Nancy didn’t hesitate. "St. Cyril day," she said, "Of [...]
Happy Halloween from Molly and Me
The Great Pumpkin will rise over the decorative patch in our neighbor the Cookie Lady’s yard tonight. He will cast a glow over all the sweet little children running house to house to collect more candy than they ever will eat. He’ll give the jack o-lantern nod to his fellow pumpkins that stand sentry on [...]