Hello Everyone. It’s great to see you today. Thank you for visiting last week for my book review for Celeste Castro‘s ‘The Lex Files.’ Today I am sharing something new.
It is that time again to celebrate the holiday season. One of my favorites happens to be Halloween. One thing I love about this day are the pumpkins. I have always been a fan of the huge gourds that are too heavy to pick up. The bright shiny orange color draws me in as well. The color orange represents joy and creativity.
The best place to find these gems are at the pumpkin patches. This year my wife took me to one.
There, I found what I was looking for and instead of taking the pumpkin home, I had my picture taken next to it. There were pumpkins everywhere of all sizes. It was fun seeing the small children run around the place and touching the pumpkins.
I have always been fascinated with the origins of Jack-O-Lantern. In olden times, in the British Isles, people would carve out turnips and place candles inside them on Halloween to cast out the evil spirits. They also represented the souls of the dead. When Irish people came to America, they brought the tradition with them. However, they changed to pumpkins because they were easier to hollow out. Not to mention they are native here and are plentiful.
Pumpkins are very nutritious, but most people prefer the pie pumpkin variety to eat. Pie Pumpkins can be used to make many things. In addition to pumpkin pie, I have also made pumpkin bread which my family really loves. Pumpkin puree is also good for pets who have upset stomachs.
Next year I’m planning to put in my own pumpkin patch in the backyard. We want pie pumpkins that I can put out for Halloween and then use them. A few years ago we tried to grow them but didn’t have much luck. This year with the success of our spaghetti squash, I am excited to grow pumpkins. Pumpkin seeds need to be planted in early April so they will be ready in time for the fall harvest in September. They require a lot of water and mulch. If they are like my squash, they will germinate easily. I am very excited.
All in all, I love Halloween. One thing I like about the day is that it represents letting go of the old to allow the new to come in. I’ve been doing a lot of thinking and have agreed it is time to let go of some old baggage. This is why I’m choosing to have both a scary and a happy face lantern. The scary one will cast off the old, while the happy one welcomes new beginnings. How about you? What do you like about Halloween?
Stay tuned for next week, as Sandra Gerth aka Jae will be our guest.
Happy Halloween!
Until next time,
Namaste,
Lynn
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Lynn Lawler is a fiction writer, whose stories are greatly inspired by the LGBTQ community. Her newest novel, Enticed by Love is about a woman who is haunted by a past love while another waits on the horizon. As the story unfolds a mystery comes
to life. The woman possesses special abilities that she uses in a positive way to help others. Can she put the past to rest so she can move forward?
Her other novel, Awakened by Fate is a story about a woman in denial about her true potential who encounters a reality that opens her up to a new awareness; suddenly things she feared the most became her life.
Lynn has had a lifelong interest in writing and wrote short stories while in school. In college, she wrote an editorial that was published in The Detroit Free Press. It focused on the positives of children’s education in the sciences. She found this to be very inspiring and felt
that people needed awareness to create an attraction for students to study science.
During her early adult years, Lynn went on a spiritual journey to Arizona seeking enlightenment. While there she got to experience some things that were life-changing. She first managed a vendor booth, selling nutritional supplements at an open market. Then, as one door closed another one opened. After this job ended the next day she started working at a produce department in Tempe, AZ. While working at the coop, she educated people on sprouting as well as the health benefits of juicing. Lynn is vegan and has been vegetarian her whole adult life.
She also has work experience in Architectural design. She likes the creativity of this field, but her passion lies in writing.
Lynn renewed her writing desire after she watched a documentary on the life of the 20th-century writer Willa Cather. At the same time, she experienced a loss that encouraged her to take this direction. After writing the initial outline and first draft, the author embraced a new perception that changed the path of her life. The trials of Lynn’s life have only served as stepping stones to a brighter outlook and a stronger spirit.
Lynn has always been a fan of books with some of her favorite authors being Mary Higgins Clark and J.K. Rowling. She also loves reading the works of other LGBTQ authors such as Suzie Carr, KA Moll, and Domina Alexandra as well as others. She enjoys material of the unknown, mysterious, and mystical.
She is the owner of Lynn Lawler’s Book Blog, a site where she has guest blogs, reviews, and author news. It can be found at www.lynnlawler.blog. You can keep up to date by visiting, www.lynnlawlerbooks.com and by subscribing to her newsletter.
In her spare time, she enjoys traveling, meditation, watching baseball, and playing Tomb Raider. She lives in SoCal with her wife and cats.
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