I'm Left Behind on Halloween

Four of my grandchildren prepare to haunt the neighborhood in my absence.

No, you're not seeing double. Two brothers both wanted to be Spiderman. The two daughters are a pirate (above) and a parrot (below) because every self-respecting pirate has a parrot.

They will be out harvesting candy with gusto.

I'm hanging out in Hawaii, doing very little beyond being a beachcomber.

Halloween Warm-Up

Are you stuck for ideas for a Halloween costume? Here are some home-made suggestions that utilize items that you may have laying around the house.

And for the kids

Spreading the Wealth

Passing Time on a Commercial Aircraft

It's interesting to see what people can do with a couple "ass gaskets", some paper towels and imagination.

Nina Katchadourian whiles away long plane journeys by locking herself in the lavatory and pretending to be a 15th century Dutch painting. The project began spontaneously on a flight in March 2010 and is ongoing.

Mind numbing travel can be entertaining when applied the right way.

Sisyphus Revisited