The Monster Mash (It Was a Graveyard Smash)

I was working in the lab late one night
When my eyes beheld an eerie sight
For my monster from his slab began to rise
And suddenly to my surprise

He did the mash
He did the monster mash
The monster mash
It was a graveyard smash
He did the mash
It caught on in a flash
He did the mash
He did the monster mash

From my laboratory in the castle east
To the master bedroom where the vampires feast
The ghouls all came from their humble abodes
To get a jolt from my electrodes


They did the mash
They did the monster mash
The monster mash
It was a graveyard smash
They did the mash
It caught on in a flash
They did the mash
They did the monster mash


The zombies were having fun
The party had just begun
The guests included Wolf Man 

Dracula and his son 

The scene was rockin', all were digging the sounds
Igor on chains, backed by his baying hounds
The coffin-bangers were about to arrive
With their vocal group, "The Crypt-Kicker Five"


They played the mash
They played the monster mash
The monster mash
It was a graveyard smash
They played the mash
It caught on in a flash
They played the mash
They played the monster mash


Out from his coffin, Drac's voice did ring
Seems he was troubled by just one thing
He opened the lid and shook his fist
And said, "Whatever happened to my Transylvania twist?"

It's now the mash
It's now the monster mash
The monster mash
And it's a graveyard smash
It's now the mash
It's caught on in a flash
It's now the mash
It's now the monster mash

Now everything's cool, Drac's a part of the band
And my monster mash is the hit of the land
For you, the living, this mash was meant too
When you get to my door, tell them Boris sent you

Then you can mash
Then you can monster mash
The monster mash
And do my graveyard smash
Then you can mash
You'll catch on in a flash
Then you can mash
Then you can monster mash

Souvenir bracelet of that famous night right here.

Halloween Colors Found in Nature

Bengal tigers...

Coral and Hypersthene...

Milkweed bugs...

Butterflies...

Orange calcite...

Long-horn beetles...

Trilobite beetles...

Coral and Hypersthene...

Pacific starfish...

Sally Lightfoot Crabs...

black onyx, carnelian...

Baltimore orioles...

Red-ruffed lemurs...

Poison-dart frogs...

Orange calcite, coral, black onyx...

sea slugs...

Hypersthene...

Clownfish...

Cornerstoregoddess Bracelets... ;0)

Satyr-comma Butterflies...

The lemur left the bracelet here.

Random Thoughts on Equinox

Hooray!  Autumnal equinox!
A time of year when birds in flocks
Seek warmer climes (or else wear socks)
And we yearn to set back our clocks.



To explain this time autumnal
Needs astronomy awesome-nal.
12 hours sun is the outcome-nal.
12 hours dark.  That's it, in sum-nal.



Long ago, a Greek ~ Hipparchus
Watched the skies and made remark-es,
And before him, Aristarchus
(Though he failed to trader-markus).



When sun crosses the equator,
Day and night?  Neither one's greater
But the earth's axis is straighter
Than at solstice, which comes later.





Celebrate with a bracelet that doesn't bother explaining why Autumnal Equinox falls on either September 22nd, 23rd, or 24th, or why day and night aren't really the same length that day.

The Ghouish Costume Ball

Once upon a Hallow's Eve
Years ago, I do believe,
All the creatures green and ghoulish
Wanted to try something coolish.



If the humans, fat or tall
Could dress any way at all,
Why couldn't the bats and witches
Pull off some sartorial switches?



So they planned and sketched designs
For their 31st deadlines.
Each ghoul planned his own costume
For the Goblin's Grand Ballroom.



Bat was first, dressed as a spider
(Though his butt was a bit wider.)
Ghost dressed as a candy corn ~
The first corn to transport airborne.



Skeletons dressed as warty hags,
Zombies draped in sequined rags,
Black cats came as bandaged mummies,
Werewolves dressed as pirate rummies.



Frankenstein came as a goblin
Who excelled at apple bobblin'.
Creature from the Black Lagoon
Swaddled in alien's cocoon.



Wolfman was a chic vampire
In his girlfriend's goth attire.
Dr. Jekyll, Mr. Hyde
Showed up as the Corpse's Bride.



Creatures from each rank and phylum
Danced at this costumed asylum.
When they'd done all they'd desired,
They hit the coffins... and retired.



A souvenir bracelet of the event.

The Wendigo

by Ogden Nash (with a bracelet by me)

The Wendigo,
The Wendigo!
Its eyes are ice and indigo!




Its blood is rank and yellowish!
Its voice is hoarse and bellowish!
Its tentacles are slithery,
And scummy,
Slimy,
Leathery!




Its lips are hungry blubbery,
And smacky,
Sucky,
Rubbery!




The Wendigo,
The Wendigo!
I saw it just a friend ago!




Last night it lurked in Canada;
Tonight, on your veranada!




As you are lolling hammockwise
It contemplates you stomachwise.




You loll,
It contemplates,
It lollops.
The rest is merely gulps and gollops.

You very own wendigo... in orange and indigo.