Figure 1 – A haunted house for the Day of the Dead, Salem, MA. (c) DE Wolf 2019.

Halloween is finally over in Salem, MA. Some would say good riddance! The night’s festivities were fun. People in some pretty great costumes happily wandering the streets! Having fun; that is the key.

It is the Day of the Dead, and, arguably, it may be a moment to be frightened by something, perhaps, paranormal. The term I believe is an oxymoron. But we may take one last look at the “haunted” house of Figure 1. Do You see ghosts? Are they real? Are they created from within our own minds? I suspect in the end that the ghosts and demons that haunt us are of our own creation.

It is a bright, beautiful, colorful, and windy day here in Salem. It is the same terrifying world yet.

Terrence this is Stupid Stuff

A. E. Housman

The world, it was the old world yet.

I was I, my things were wet, 

And nothing now remained to do

But begin the game anew.