So many of you have told me you went directly from Halloween to Christmas –- a fantastic idea – or, like me, do both Thanksgiving and Christmas at the same time. There’s no reason to wait to bring out the bright Christmas decorations, the multi-colored lights strung up on the front of the house, maybe even a couple of reindeer and an inflatable Santa.

October is a grand month. Air is crisp (some of you even already have snow, yipes!), leaves so vivid you just stand and stare, and to top it all off there’s Halloween. Since it’s such a bizarre year, I expect all of you to go all-out with decorations, spinning crazy and fun scenes with pumpkins, bats, candles and witches. For inspiration, take a look at the three Moron Pumpkin Heads in front of Morticia and Gomez. For my Halloween bubble party, I have twelve pounds of assorted candies, both fattening for those I don’t particularly like, and sugar free for good friends.

Happy Autumn Equinox: Since it’s likely you’ve been sharing the smoke from our California fires, let me say typing ‘autumn equinox’ makes me feel like rain is coming soon. Rain dances would be appreciated.

I have three very cool things to tell you --- you might want to sit down (or not).

Beautiful Mid-Summer: We celebrated the 4th of July and Bastille Day but incredibly I have something that knocks those special days down with one roundhouse. Are you ready to tease your brain, ready to laugh, ready to have your heart kettledrum? Here we go with our own amazing fireworks (firewords).