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Article: HALLOWEEN UNMASKED
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- New Oxford Review
- Article date:
- October 1, 2008
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On November 2, 1997, 1 was walking to a bus stop after shopping at the mercado in a Spanish town south of Seville. I had spent all my pesetas on carrots, thin-sliced ham, green and red peppers, olives, a plump chicken, oranges, and whatever else I could carry. Transferring the bags from one arm to the other and trying to balance the bulky, heavy loads, I stopped briefly on the narrow sidewalk and saw a woman crossing the street carrying a bundle of yellow and white flowers. A little farther on I saw an old man and his wife standing at a bus stop also holding yellow and white bouquets. It took another half ablock or so before I remembered that it was All Souls' Day and the flowers were ...