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Another Halloween Has Come and Gone…

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Another Halloween has come and gone and with it, another Horrorthon.  Thank you to everyone who read and commented this month!  We hope you have had a wonderful October and that you’re November brings you much to be thankful for!

And remember, just because you didn’t see the Great Pumpkin this year, doesn’t mean that he won’t be there for you next October.  I think Linus can explain it best:

To all of our readers and from all of your friends at the Shattered Lens, thank you.

Celebrate Halloween With These Vintage Holiday Illustrations!

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Vintage Halloween Postcard, artist unknown

Here to add some historical perspective to your Halloween celebrations are some wonderful vintage images of the holiday.  The illustrations below were all done during the first half of the 20th Century and they all show that Halloween is a holiday that’s been celebrated treasured for years before we came along and which will continue to be celebrate after all of us are gone.

Enjoy these classic images!

1913, by J.C. Leyendecker

1921, by Normal Rockwell

1923, by J.C. Lyendecker

1926, by Edgar Franklin Wittmack

1934, by Eugene Iverd

1943, by Charles Kaiser

And to all, a happy Halloween!

 

The Nationals Have Won the World Series

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It took seven games but the Washington Nationals have won the 2019 World Series.  Being a Texan, I was cheering for the Astros the whole time but Nationals earned the victory and no one can take it away from them.

Congratulations to Washington for showing what can done with some talent and a lot of luck and also to the Nationals for not only going to the World Series for the first time but winning too!  My Rangers have gone twice and they still haven’t won.

(I’m not bitter at all, by the way.  If anyone needs me, I’ll be in a corner, crying and watching that clip of Rougned Odor punching Jose Bautista’s sunglasses off of his face.)

Here’s hoping that the rest of Washington D.C. follows their baseball team’s example, gets their act together, and concentrates on winning a victory for America.

And now, it’s time to start counting down the days until the start of the 2020 regular season!