Spitball Army

I feel certain that the mob of local citizens that I saw filling Party City this afternoon to the point of tick-fullness has just materialized on my street. Screaming and running and chatter and color combinations one rarely sees the other 364 days of the year – that’s what’s happening.

Currently, a ghost-boy and a bumble-boy are having a VERY LOUD debate on whether anyone lives in my house. I am in the living room. They are standing outside the unlocked screen door that opens onto the porch.

I see my next door neighbor on his porch this morning and holler a hello.

“What are you dressing up as tonight?” he asks me because, you know, it’s Halloween.

“As a next door neighbor,” I respond, and he laughs. “How about you?”

Card is untitled on the front.

Printed on back of postcard:

Figure of the King on a Staff (detail)
Egyptian, Dynasty XVIII, reign of Tutankhamun
(1334-1325 B.C.)
EGYPTIAN MUSEUM, CAIRO

THE TREASURES OF TUTANKHAMUN
Participating museums: National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.; Field Museum of Natural History and the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago; New Orleans Museum of Art; Los Angeles County Museum of Art; Seattle Art Museum; The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.

Photographed by Lee Boltin.

Printed in Italy.

Publishing information:

None.

Card is titled: “Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden.”

Printed on back of postcard:

S-292-C
HIRSHHORN MUSEUM AND SCULPTURE GARDEN
. . .
One of the most comprehensive collections of twentieth century art. Masterworks by leading modern artists reflect major trends and styles that have evolved in this century and the latter part of the nineteenth century.
Photo by A. Orsini.

Publishing information:

Published by Silberne Souvenir Sales, Inc., Washington, D.C. 20016.
Mirro-krome® Card by H.S. Crocker Co., Inc., San Bruno, Cal., 94066