Today is All Saint's Day (aka All Hallows' Day), a day that, depending on the religion, celebrates all the saints of the church or is a general commemoration of the dead. In Mexico and among people of Mexican heritage, November 1st and 2nd are celebrated as Dia de los Muertos (the Day of the Dead), where family and friends gather to pay respects and remember friends and family who have died. In honor of this day, I decided to use the photograph above of Columbia Cemetery up in Boulder. Biennially in even numbered years, Historic Boulder Inc. presents Meet the Spirits there, where volunteers dressed in period costumes portray departed permanent residents of the cemetery. This year's event took place Sunday, October 6th, and the Legendary Ladies (a women's performance group), Buffalo Soldiers, and the Denver Hearse Association made appearances, while Psychic Horizons! did psychic readings. Not only that, but the Sweet Cow Moo Mobile was there as well. This event has been going on since 1986, and somehow, I have missed them all. And it will be two years before I get another chance to attend. I just wonder if the Sweet Cow Moo Mobile will be back in 2026.
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