September/October 2020 - These Curious Times

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Halloween House: Spooky Drive-In Films At Heritage Square in Los Angeles
Staff Report
A new type of drive-in theater
is emerging just in time for October
festivities. Inspired by Tim Burton’s The
Nightmare Before Christmas, comes a
2020 version of Halloween Town.
Freeform’s 31 Nights of Halloween
returns! And this year they are taking
the annual Halloween event on the
road – literally. Even ghosts need to
stay socially distant and Halloween
House won’t let social distancing
or a pandemic get in the way of a
spooktacularly haunted event.
From October 2nd through
October 4th visitors can drive through
still-to-be-detailed tricks and treats,
play games and enjoy performances
inspired by nostalgic picks from Hocus
Remembering 9/11: The Night America Changed
Deb Smith
It was the evening of September 10,
2001, a night like any other. That day had
been completely normal, but that night
changed me forever. I have always been
a sensitive with precognitive tendencies.
My dreams began coming true at the
tender age of nine, a blessing … or curse…
that continues today. But, on September
10th all night I had nightmares, tossing
and turning all night long, getting very
little sleep. And what I did get was filled
with terror.
Fires, I kept seeing huge fires, fires
everywhere, buildings collapsing and
thousands of animals sitting … waiting
at doors or looking out windows ….
waiting for owners to come home. No
one ever came home. I sensed confusion.
Dogs whimpered and barked, cats cried
and jumped wildly about. They were
hungry, they were thirsty, and they
needed to go to the bathroom. This left
me and them so baffled.
When I finally dragged myself from
my bed on Tuesday, September 11th, I
poured my coffee and turned on the
television only to see the first aircraft,
hijacked American Airlines Flight 11,
flying into the Twin Towers. The flames
were the same I had seen in my dream
the night before. As the country watched
in horror, I sat there praying for all the
beautiful animals that were left in their
homes to either die of starvation, heat
exhaustion or fire.
Three days later Doreen Virtue
held a memorial service to help all the
deceased souls to pass into the light.
During the meditation, a pup wondered
into our group and refused to leave. This
beautiful golden retriever came and
sat directly in front of me, looking me
Pocus and Ghostbusters.
Halloween Road promises more
sets inspired by Freeforms October
month long marathon of family
friendly Halloween movies, everything
from Casper to Willy Wonka and
The Goonies, an outdoor immersive
experience all behind the wheel of
your car.
It all goes down at Heritage Square
straight in the eyes, reminding me that
all the beloved pets needed help too.
The owner later told our group that she
could not get the dog to heel or stop; the
dog literally dragged the owner into our
meditation.
I explained to Virtue the need to pass
these fur babies over for five days. Some
were still waiting at the door of apartments
and homes near the devastation. The
owner and her dog stayed with us through
the meditation and then left.
Our small group of people helped to
soothe the souls of all the confused and
lost pets that perished at the time, we
helped their souls find peace, to know they
were loved and know they will be missed.
Each year on the anniversary of 9/10 I
relive the horror of those innocent babies
waiting and waiting for the owners that
never come. I am deeply honored to the
ones our group was able to cross over.
Museum, Northeast of Los Angeles
final resting place for some very scary
and appropriate Victorian Homes.
Tickets are totally free; look for
reservations to open and immediately
fill on Saturday September 12th
beginning at 10:00 am.
Drive through ~ if you dare!
Check out the movie schedule on
Page 11.
SHAMAN ISABELLA
ISABELLASTOLOFF.COM • 714-603-8624
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