If you have visited this blog before, you will have seen the Wednesday prompts I release. I have done this every year for decades. I cannot remember not showing up on a Wednesday at any point since about 2006, 2008, maybe. It’s been so long. This is the one practice that has followed me as I changed from one blog host to another, from blog to blog, to website, and back to blog.
I like it. I like to do it.
Now, this is about the Wednesday theme reveal. The Sunday prompts, which were a new offering for 2024, are returning and will remain as self-help and self-exploration questions.
But, on Wednesdays, we journey. One year: one theme. All year long.
Halloween Town. But, with a twist.
Now, I have to watch Halloweentown 1, 2, and 3 every year in October, although I am known to watch it randomly throughout the year as well. Plus, the Nightmare Before Christmas is a favorite movie we watch year-round as well.
Both of these movies (or movie series if you count the Cromwell trilogy—and yes, I realize there are four Halloweentown movies, but we could never make it through the fourth one as it doesn’t feel like it fit into the Halloweentown ethos that we knew—so we ignore it.) are set, at least part of the time, in a place called Halloween Town.
I started to wonder if Halloweentown and Halloween Town were 1. In the same Universe, and 2. In the same spatial realm and 3. in the same time frame. In other words, if, say, a Cromwell went for a walk outside the environs of the actual city of Halloweentown, out into the spooky woods, past the old swamp, through the graveyard, might that Cromwell find themselves edging into the domain of Jack The Pumpkin King. Or given that it is in the woods, running into Oogie Boogie?
So, for 2025 we shall suspend belief of the logistics of time, space, and everything else. Halloweentown and Halloween Town are part of the same land. Maybe they reside side by side, but in different countries, with one on each side of the border between states.
I have always had issues with the ring of trees in the Forest where Jack finds the door to Christmas Town. It is so United States American it makes me want to hide. Yes, I am in the States. Yes, I was born and raised here. The only other countries I have been in are Canada and Cuba.
Yes, I know it is just Independence Day and Thanksgiving, but the lack of diversity for the rest of humanity gave me pause. But, I am not here to argue semantics. I am here to extend the olive branch of creativity.
In 2025, we will be exploring outside of the borders of Halloweentown/Halloween Town. Maybe you will decide to slip into one town or the other during the year. Maybe I will amp that action up in the prompts.
In the past few years, I have offered photos and minimal words as prompts to inspire you. I always prefer to leave you plenty of room to grab the prompt and run with it in any and every way you wish.
For 2025, I will be offering more than a word or two. I have been planning the possibility of videos with a bit of a guided tour to get you started. I will be providing descriptions of the newest venture on your journey in various weeks. I cannot promise photographs, but it is a possibility.
My goal is to create a group where we can share the stories and/or the artwork we create with one another. Perhaps we might even compile an anthology of our works together. We’ll have to see how things grow as the year moves along.
The first prompt release will be on January 1, 2025. All prompts will only be available on my Patreon to all patrons.
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I can’t wait to see you there.
*Please note, Sunday prompts will be available on my Patreon only as well. Available to all patrons.
If you have any questions, please leave them in the comments. I will respond to you as soon as I possibly can.
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Tabitha Low 
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