Dear Costumed Candy Crusaders:

Well, last night was Halloween trick-or-treat on our block; we gave out fistfuls of candy down our recycled 2020 COVID safe-distance candy chute, where the treats dump out of a pumpkin’s mouth into an awaiting treat bag. The best response this year was from a little fireman, about two years old. As the candy shot out of the pumpkin, he did a little happy dance cute enough for me to toss a couple more handfuls of candy down the converted PVC pipe.

What surprised me this year