More Cats and Ghouls

I had to go to work on Halloween and then collapsed on Sunday after spending most of Saturday greeting ghouls and goblins who came to the Museum as a safe place to trick or treat. Lile and her parents come over to trick or treat in our apartment building and then stay for dinner. Great evening once I could slip my shoes off...And Sunday as idillyic -- can't even spell it because I so rarely use it -- because Arnie and Kate went off to a chocolate fair, to lunch and then to the movies. I thought I was full of energy until I didn't have to exhibit it and so Im promptly slothed out for the day. De-vine.

And this morning back into the swing of things. As I was walking Kate down the street to the bus stop we encountered one of doormen on our route who said "Wow! You've grown so much and I've been watching you make this walk for close to 10 years."

I love those conversations because it's such a wonderfully strong indicator of just what a small town New York really is. People know you and they see you even though they may not be in your face all the time.