{"id":6474,"date":"2019-10-29T00:50:57","date_gmt":"2019-10-29T04:50:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.conviviobookworks.com\/blog\/?p=6474"},"modified":"2019-10-29T00:50:57","modified_gmt":"2019-10-29T04:50:57","slug":"spirited-tales-a-halloween-invitation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.conviviobookworks.com\/blog\/spirited-tales-a-halloween-invitation\/","title":{"rendered":"Spirited Tales: A Halloween Invitation"},"content":{"rendered":"

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And now, we approach some of my favorite days of the year, days I love as a Halloween traditionalist. I have always been more interested in the mysteries of Halloween. Horror movies of the blood and gore sort and tales of axe murderers: none of this stuff interests me. These, along with sexy nurse costumes and other such frivolities, are the unfortunate things we have attached to Halloween in recent decades. As a Halloween traditionalist, my role is to help you tune into the old ways of celebrating\u2013\u2013ways that have their roots in the older spelling of Halloween, the one with an apostrophe: Hallowe’en. This version does a better job of reminding us that the holiday’s original name was All Hallows Eve. Say it and already the mystery increases tenfold.<\/p>\n

One of my great pleasures each Halloween, for many years now, is to write a gently ghostly story and send it out to\u00a0the world via email. It\u2019s the Convivio Dispatch for Halloween. This year\u2019s Halloween Dispatch will go out in the next night or two to subscribers of the Convivio Dispatch<\/em>, which is a different animal from this blog. If you\u2019d like to make sure you receive the Halloween Dispatch, please subscribe right here<\/a>. On that same subscription page, you will also find a link to the Halloween Dispatch from two years ago. One of my readers liked it so much she sent it off to\u00a0Nowhere Magazine<\/em>, and they published it there, which was awfully nice.<\/p>\n

If you\u2019d rather get just this next Halloween Dispatch without subscribing, let me know in the comments below. Leave your email address and I\u2019ll send it. Or email me directly at mail@conviviobookworks.com<\/a> to say you\u2019d like the story. But don\u2019t be afraid to subscribe\u2026 the Dispatches from Lake Worth are very few and far between, and you\u2019ll meet an interesting cast of characters from our hometown and beyond. (This year’s story takes us all the way to Finland.)<\/p>\n

I wish you a fine Halloween, filled with good spirit and mystery, and not so much of the other stuff.
\nJohn<\/p>\n

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COME SEE US!<\/strong>
\nWe\u2019re popping up at quite a few local South Florida venues in November!<\/p>\n

Florida Day of the Dead Celebration<\/a>
\nSaturday November 2 from 2 to 11 PM
\nDowntown Fort Lauderdale
\nWe\u2019ll be near the stage at Huzienga Park on East Las Olas, where the procession and the festivities begin. We’ll be in a tent with a pop-up shop of traditional Mexican handicrafts for Dia de los Muertos from about 2 to 7:30 PM. (Once the procession leaves and heads over to the west side at the river, we’ll start packing up, so it’s an early night for us!)<\/p>\n

Dia de los Muertos Lake Worth Beach<\/a>
\nSaturday November 2 from 3 to 9 PM
\nHatch 1121 and Downtown Lake Worth, west of Dixie Highway
\nOur hometown celebration of this day means a great deal to us. It’s beautifully community focused. Find us in our usual spot in the courtyard at Hatch 1121 with a pop-up shop of traditional Mexican handicrafts for Dia de los Muertos, Christmas, and everyday. We\u2019ll be there for the full length of the celebration. (Face painting, by the way, begins at 1:30 at City Hall, and then there’s a procession to Hatch before 3.)<\/p>\n

Sankta Lucia Festival & Julbasar (Christmas Bazaar)<\/a>
\nSaturday November 23 from 11 AM to 3 PM
\nFirst United Methodist Church
\n625 NE Mizner Boulevard in Boca Raton
\nOur pop-up shop will focus on traditional European advent calendars and advent candles, plus handmade Christmas ornaments and decorations from Sweden, as well as our full line of Shaker herbs & teas and more. It’s a beautiful event, complete with a Lucia with a wreath of candles on her head! Brought to you by SWEA, the Swedish Women’s Educational Association.<\/p>\n

Harvest Makers Marketplace<\/a>
\nSunday November 24 from 10 AM to 4 PM
\nFlorida Atlantic University
\nBoca Raton
\nWe\u2019ll be transitioning toward Christmas with a pop-up shop of traditional German advent calendars and advent candles from England, plus handmade Christmas ornaments and decorations from Germany, Sweden, Italy and Mexico and our full line of Shaker herbs & teas and more. Plus there\u2019s live music almost all day: The Lubben Brothers<\/a> from 11 AM to 1 PM, Rio Peterson from 1 to 4 PM. It\u2019s going to be a good one!<\/p>\n

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Image: Jack O\u2019Lantern pair, on the front porch, last Halloween. Seth’s is on the left; mine is on the right. That’s\u00a0pretty much how our lanterns look each year.<\/i><\/p>\n

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