Meditation on the Flaw

 

Happy Halloween! 

It was a quiet day here in this pile of bricks on a hill.  I took my bi-daily walk in the afternoon (does bi-daily mean twice a day, or every other day? I mean the latter). I walked the local, Beltline route today instead of driving to the Chattahoochee trails, as I didn't want to be too far from home for some reason. 

No trick-or-treaters this year. There was a gathering of neighbors down by the corner - beer, burgers, pizza, and lots of kids in clever costumes. I distributed my candy there to the young ones bouncing around their parents and to the teens who swooped in to gather sweets and then disappear off into the Georgia night. Made small talk with the grownups, all of whom assiduously tried to avoid discussing politics.

Another presidential campaign, my sixth in this house, and no neighbors have put up political yards signs in their lawns. I don't think it's apathy, but just a desire not to offend neighbors who may think differently. FWIW, the precinct is overwhelmingly Democratic, but there are a few folks whom I suspect of being mouth-breathing knuckle-draggers.