We are firmly into Spooky Season in Northern Illinois.
As a kid growing up in Oregon, Illinois, my neighborhood bordered Riverside Cemetery along the Rock River. I was never fond of crossing through the cemetery in broad daylight, and only went through at night if I had no choice.
My grandfather used to say that there was nothing to worry about from the dead when you were walking through a cemetery, it’s the living that you should be wary of. Just the sort of thing an adult would say to a kid with fear issues…