Jack Burns Lives!

Commentary, ideas and miscellany in the spirit of Edward Abbey

Archive for October, 2006

Halloween

It’s Halloween again, a source of woe for fundamentalist Christians and my favorite holiday of the year.
In America, its Gaelic origins and traditions are mostly buried beneath a pile of cheap, plastic crap and mass produced candy, but some people still recognize the more ancient traditions, including honoring the dead.
As a child, I was strangely [...]

Hello, October

Things have been quiet of late. I’ve had little to say. Which is rare for me, because I usually say too much.
Maybe it’s the harvest moon, the changing leaves, the thrill of my favorite pagan festival or the cool, crisp air. Maybe it’s all of those things. But typing on a keyboard hasn’t been a [...]