Weyland’s Whey October 2025 Harvest and Supermoon Column

 

Shine on, Harvest Supermoon

It will happen on October 6th, and it’s going to be the biggest and brightest full moon of 2025. The first of three–count ’em, three!–consecutive supermoons this year.

Astrologically, this luminary falls in Aries, so think passion and impulsivity.  It’ll be the spice in your cider, Pilgrim.

Shaken and stirred.

(Yahoo!, www.northjersey.com, www.space.com, Old Farmer’s Almanac)

 

Canary in a Coal Mine

Call them circles of bad intentions.

Where wiccans and pagans aren’t welcome.

Other minorities are already labeled unwanted, unloved, hunted even.

Maybe I’m paranoid. I hope I am. But I can feel bad intentions in the air, growing stronger.

Halloween is a secular holiday derived from pagan observances, not a witchy celebration. That distinction can be easily lost. Or ignored by those with their own agendas.

It’s big business, sure. It rakes in billions a year in revenue. But that happy fact isn’t bullet proof. Times can change. Or be manipulated.

So I watch the news and our economy, and I keep a wary eye every year on how my favorite holiday is being publicly celebrated and portrayed.  I’m a big fan of Halloween festivities: the louder the parties, the fewer the hunters.

Stay aware, Pilgrims. We all need to be alert.

Trick or treat.

 

Color Schemes

Orange just happens to be my fave color, as well as one of the two major hues for Halloween. In addition to the harvest, orange symbolizes emotional endurance. Great for hard times. Like now.  A youthful hue, it encourages optimism, enthusiasm and social communication.

On the minus side of the ledger, orange also represents impatience and exhibitionism–which might explain the reactions to my jack-o-lantern baseball cap. (Kids love it. Adults cross the street when they see me coming with it on.) Another mystery solved.

Squeeze the orange!

(www.color-meanings.com)

 

MUSIC Review

Music is very important to Sparkle and me. We play it almost 24/7. This time of year, my car radio is just about glued to Ozzy’s Boneyard on Sirius. At the homestead I like lots of Alice Cooper songs and Halloween tunes on Music Choice’s Sounds of the Seasons channel. (Sparkle isn’t so enthusiastic about these genres, but I work around that…I play them when she’s out.) We’re already putting up Halloween decorations too–’tis a Season!

 

FILM Review

Brotherhood of the Wolf (Le Pacte des loups).

A French period action horror film, loosely based on the infamous Beast of Gevaudan legend–look it up, it’s worth it–and the real-life series of killings which happened in 18th century France and remain unsolved to this day. To me, that was the hook for this movie: over a period of three years, more than one hundred people were slaughtered by some kind of creature that could best be described as a monster. Really. I saw it at the movies when it came out in American theaters years ago. A wild and densely plotted combo of genres, it admittedly was difficult to follow but I was glad I hung in there.

In four words: Strangest. Werewolf. Movie. Ever.

2001. Dubbed.

My verdict: Not for everybody. 4 broomsticks.

(Wikipedia, Alexa)

 

No Place Like Home

“Wilson Go Home!”

Early morning. Weyland is in the living room, reading Wicca magazine on his computer.

Sparkle calls from the next room: Mr. Wilson is walking again!

Red-faced and grumbling, Wey stumps to her side and glares over her shoulder: I see the S.O.B.!

Sparkle: Every day he’s out there, walking. He’s in shape!

Weyland throws open the window and pokes his head outside: The men on this street don’t like you, Wilson! All our wives want us to be track stars now too, thanks to you! Stay out of our neighborhood, homewrecker!

Sparkle tugs at his arm: Get back in here before the neighbors see you.

 

Bio

I’m Weyland Smith, idol of millions. Well, maybe of dozens. Okay, maybe not, but I think the cat likes me. At dinner time. Kinda.