{"id":21128,"date":"2021-11-05T08:40:15","date_gmt":"2021-11-05T12:40:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bluefootedmusings.com\/?p=21128"},"modified":"2021-11-05T08:45:47","modified_gmt":"2021-11-05T12:45:47","slug":"thoughts-on-halloween","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/bluefootedmusings.com\/?p=21128","title":{"rendered":"Thoughts on Halloween"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<ul><li>We took the kids trick-or-treating on Halloween. As an outdoor activity, it seemed safe enough Covid-wise. Marshall wore a taco costume, and Livia dressed as a wolf. It was a relatively subdued night compared to previous years. There were fewer kids and fewer people handing out candy, which wasn&#8217;t surprising given the circumstances. Everyone was maskless (sort of ironic, given that it was Halloween) and a couple of times I sensed an undercurrent of feeling from other people, as if we were all in the same group, a group that doesn&#8217;t believe in the Pandemic or in wearing masks. Except I&#8217;m not in that group, and I don&#8217;t want to be in that group or even associated with it. That was a tiny source of irritation on an otherwise pleasant evening.<\/li><li>My brother-in-law pointed out that more people decorate lavishly for Halloween than did when we were kids, but that fewer hand out candy. My husband and I agreed. That does seem to be a trend, one that began long before Covid. Trick-or-treating has been dwindling in popularity over the years, and Mischief Night has disappeared entirely. As for the decorations, they&#8217;re mostly cheap plastic garbage, which is sad. At this time of year, we&#8217;re supposed to honor the natural world, not the junk destroying it.<\/li><li>My fingernails are painted black, a leftover from the holiday. I don&#8217;t often paint my nails, so I&#8217;ve been enjoying the novelty. Livia&#8217;s nails are even more Halloweeny than mine. The day before Halloween she decided to do jack-o&#8217;-lantern designs on her nails, but they turned into a mess, because she hasn&#8217;t mastered the thin coats required for layering or the patience to wait while they dry. Fortunately, I had some patience handy that day, so I removed the polish, repainted the base coats, then blow-dried them until they were set. I haven&#8217;t really mastered these skills either, but I did my best. It took a while, but it was bonding time for us and therefore well spent.<\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We took the kids trick-or-treating on Halloween. As an outdoor activity, it seemed safe enough Covid-wise. Marshall wore a taco costume, and Livia dressed as a wolf. It was a relatively subdued night compared to previous years. There were fewer &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/bluefootedmusings.com\/?p=21128\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[10,100],"tags":[476,519,317],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/bluefootedmusings.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21128"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/bluefootedmusings.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/bluefootedmusings.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/bluefootedmusings.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/bluefootedmusings.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=21128"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/bluefootedmusings.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21128\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21131,"href":"http:\/\/bluefootedmusings.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21128\/revisions\/21131"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/bluefootedmusings.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=21128"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/bluefootedmusings.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=21128"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/bluefootedmusings.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=21128"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}