34 October 2021
"I would buy two new ornaments each year when they
were little," she said. Sometimes, the ornaments matched the
children's costumes: a pumpkin, a ghost, a pretty little witch, a
pirate, a fairy princess and a skeleton.
In the den, a miniature Halloween village is more
delightful than frightful with tiny ceramic trick-or-treaters
sharing the mantel with Frankenstein and his bride against
a backdrop of Victorian pumpkin-bedecked homes. In the
sunroom, a collection of Byers Choice Carolers, which are
more commonly seen in Victorian garb at Christmas, are
decked out here in Halloween costumes.
It's an atmosphere that perfectly suits this former teacher
who loves nothing more than remembering those years of
watching her children sitting on the floor and emptying their
buckets of trick-or-treat candy.
Best of all, there's another little pumpkin in the family
now: Nathaniel Charles Hooks was born April 25 to Caroline
and her husband Eric Hooks.
You can bet it won't be long before he'll be listening wide-
eyed to "e Widow's Broom," just like all those years of little
trick-or-treaters before him.
Judy and Bill Harrison have deep roots
in education. They met when both were
undergraduates majoring in education at
then-Methodist College and married in 1975.
