Toasting pumpkin seeds, that hallmark of Halloween, are a ritual in our home just as it is in many American homes. We head to the pumpkin patch, a pitiful display of twenty or thirty pumpkins organized with military precision into uniform rows, but it’s all for charity – a way to spend a little extra [...]
Tips for a Better, Healthier Halloween
October 30, 2009 By 39 Comments
It’s the time of year health-minded parents across the nation dread: Halloween. While I love and cherish celebrating holidays and the changing of the seasons, I loathe the trappings of Halloween - and Christmas, too, for that matter. What once we honored with care, storytelling and feasts from a local harvest we now celebrate with [...]



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