http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xpvdAJYvofI
The celebration has some elements of a festival of the dead. The ancient Celts believed that the border between this world and the otherworld became thin on Samhain, allowing spirits (both harmless and harmful) to pass through. The family’s ancestors were honoured and invited home whilst harmful spirits were warded off. It is believed that the need to ward off harmful spirits led to the wearing of costumes and masks. Their purpose was to disguise oneself as a harmful spirit and thus avoid harm. In Scotland the spirits were impersonated by young men dressed in white with masked, veiled or blackened faces. Samhain was also a time to take stock of food supplies and slaughter livestock for winter stores. Bonfires played a large part in the festivities. All other fires were doused and each home lit their hearth from the bonfire. The bones of slaughtered livestock were cast into its flames. Sometimes two bonfires would be built side-by-side, and people and their livestock would walk between them as a cleansing ritual.
Unul dintre locurile deosebit de frumoase , C-O canal , serpuieste in lumina blanda de october cu apa lui tulbure , intrecandu-se cu apa cristalina a Patowmack ului , care sa ajunga intai la Harpers Ferry ; loc unde se intalnesc trei state : Virginia, W Virginia si Maryland . Locul de unde a plecat scanteia Razboiului Civil . Anul acesta in sep 15 s-au implinit 150 de ani de la miscarea ” anti -slavery” a faimosului John Brown , miscare care a fost picatura declansarii ” Civil War ”
La intoarcere oprim la Brunswick 
unde o bisericuta din red brick a devenit o cafenea cocheta , ” Beans in the belfry ” , ne asteapta in tihna cu vitralii cernand lumina blanda a lui october , mobila eclesiastica , jazz brunch and english tea at Five O’clock ! 
windwhisperer
blue cafe 