Mama Kat Thursday: Halloween Memories
The Mama Kat prompt topic for today is: "What was your favorite candy? Share what Halloween was like for you as a child." I've mentioned before I grew up in rural Indiana. Not a farm, mind you. Heavy forest. I can't even see my old house for the trees on the Google satellite map, they're so thick. We lived along a state road with a speed limit of 55. The land around us was hilly and rolling with homes scattered rather far apart and there were no side walks. We did Jack O' Lanterns every year, but they weren't visible from the road. Only the rare parent who happened to drive their kids up our driveway to knock on our door saw them and that was rare. That's how trick or treating was done in our neck of the woods: hop in the car and drive to various neighbors. Mostly everyone just trick or treated at peoples houses they knew. This was the late 60's and early 70's and there wasn't any agreed upon signal, like a lit porch...