Halloween in the Magic City....
The black knight of Barberton ...The colorful leaves fluttered and swirled as they drifted to the sidewalk in the crisp autumn breeze. It was Halloween afternoon, and the weather was trying to decide whether to be dry or wet as the skies stubbornly remained gray and overcast. A few days ago rain had knocked the brightly colored leaves to the ground creating a golden carpet everywhere. At least it wasn't snowing. Beggar's Night in Ohio has always been a crap shoot of having to don winter coats over costumes or carry an umbrella along with one's treats bag to do the rounds of begging. This year most of the costumes will have winter underwear underneath as part of the appropriate apparel for the Halloween festivities. Autumn gold at Lake Anna Barberton has always been "good pickin's" when it came to trick or treating goodies. As a kid from the Howdy Doody era, it was always a great ritual to plan a costume to be made by my mother.