Trunk or Treat

Monday, October 27, 2025

A while back we were in Arizona and Lisa and Kira were checking out some thrift stores. Lisa saw a dress that she figured would make the perfect Professor Trelawny costume for Halloween so that is what we did for Halloween this year. That plan was set, I was going to be Professor Dumbledor and Lisa was going to be Professor Trelawny.

The ward “trunk or treat” was Saturday night. The Bishop is not a big fan of Halloween and last year he suggested that we change it to a “Fall Festival” and get rid of the Halloween portion. That went over like a lead balloon.

While I am completely sympathetic with and supportive of the Bishop, it is odd that we go to church and celebrate witches, devils, skeletons, ghosts and vampires, I was also a bit dissappointed that I might not get to wear my Dumbledor outfit. I am supportive of the bishop, but I was glad that the “Fall Festival” morphed into the “Fall Festival and Trunk or Treat” night.

It was a very fun night and I sampled three different chili recipes. They were all very good and went perfectly with Peter Odenwalders home made root beer. I even found one of my  Hogwarts students there.

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Across all locations—and regardless of access to artificial light—participants slept less and took longer to fall asleep in the nights leading up to a full moon. The researchers think this may reflect an ancient adaptation: When the moon was brightest, our ancestors likely stayed up later to hunt, socialize, or work by natural light.

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