Tag: Halloween

Halloween and Walpurgisnacht are two personal holidays that I did not ask for. However, a combination of hubris and willful entanglement have made them something special for me. Both nights are marked by a candle-light vigil after sunset, followed by an “offering” of absinthe. They are not nights for me to “get to work”. They…

Last night was All Hallows’ Eve. After making sure that everything else had been settled so that I would have no interruptions, I placed the table and laid out the candle, the obsidian mirror, Adiutor’s casket, and the glass of absinthe as planned out during the day. The noise-canceling earbuds were placed, the door was…