The holidays around the change from summer to fall are rife with ancestor worship, death, and touching the spirit-world. Samhain. Halloween. All Souls’ Day. Dìa de los Muertos. Something about the end of October conjures the thinness of the veil between the land of the living and the land of the dead. This month, Glow's regular contributors meet up at the Kitchen Table to chat about how we invite the dead into our homes, places of worship, and communities. Do we show lost loved ones a good time, with feasting, sweets, games, and offerings? How do we prepare for visits from the unloved as well—the restless, unhappy, malevolent spirits who might pop by to instill fear, extract revenge, or just toilet paper our lawns?

Do you write for you? For others? In spite of others? At today's Kitchen Table discussion, Glow's regular contributors consider how we share our stories and integrate the stories of others. From blogging to comments, and from anonymity to real names, how do we show up online, and why?

In this Kitchen Table discussion, Glow's regular contributors talk about living in one's skin after the death of a baby. How's our health, our physical intimacy, our sense of palpable vitality post-babyloss?

For this new year's Kitchen Table discussion, Glow's regular contributors write about this loaded time of year—how we'd characterize the last twelve months, and what we hope for the next. How does the permanent and permanently-altering state of baby loss change all our turning points?

To say that Glow's regular contributors have mixed feelings on the notion of a supreme being is an understatement. For this Kitchen Table discussion, we consider post-loss faith. Do you err on the side of Pascal's Wager, and live as though there might be some greater spirit of good and enlightenment out there? Or do you have a structure, a community, or ritual devoted to a sky-borne entity? Do you talk to a single God, to many gods, to Mother Nature, or to yourself?

Fear, presence, support—and the strength or absence of it all. For this Kitchen Table discussion, Glow's regular cohort warms up our space with a touching-base of life after loss. How are we more vulnerable, and how are we less—and could vulnerability be a baseline for life?