I'm here in Salem, Mass tonight......spent the whole day walking around this historic town. I thought it might be interesting to leave Boston for a day....and Salem....which is only 16 miles away from Boston sounded ideal. I imagined it had a nautical and historical bent and ....oh yeah.... I'm sure they'd have something on those famous witch trials.What I didn't know is the bulk of commerce in Salem comes from tourism which is based on a town hawking and selling witchcraft. There must be at least 4 witch dungeon museums, ads for several walk-around-town and meet-the-ghosts tours at night, witch supply shops, witch t-shirt shops ....along with several places where you can get a tarot reading, aura interpretation, and your plain old fortune told.
I find it a bit ironic that a town which became hysterical and hung 20 people to rid itself of the witchcraft....now draws people who celebrate, promote and make a living off the magical art.
It's an interesting stop with beautiful and architecturally interesting old homes.... but I one day is enough for all this witchy commercialism...and I wouldn't want to be near this place for Halloween.
Today in a magical art shop.....along with the crystals, incense and other equipment ....the owner was offering customers custom make-up application for Halloween.
"We'll create so many scars, wounds and disfigurements on you....your family won't even recognize you." The thoughtful townie.....told the man....he would consider the service. It just gave me the creeps to think of a town full of realistically gored and maimed people walking around asking for treats.
Despite the many offers from people who want to read my future for me....I've declined. A zillion years ago when I was a ICU nurse in Seattle....my girlfriend and I went skiing to Lake Tahoe.
My friend wanted to get a reading but didn't want to go into this small odd fortune teller shop alone....so I went with her and had my fortune told too.........I poohed poohed the revelations the fortune teller told me.....although I was bothered about them for days.
Years later......I discovered what she revealed to me about a couple situations were absolutely true.....I just hadn't learned the truth about them yet.
Perhaps it's silly to admit the experience spooked or scared me.....but it did. I believe you can always change the future.....but the past is set and sometimes what you know or don't know....about situations can be surprising.
Wish me luck for tomorrow morning....I'm already nervous....we have to leave super early.....navigate around Boston (yikes), drop off the car, get ourselves to the appointed limo liner spot for our trip to NYC all by 9am.
Geez.....perhaps I should have bought one of those good luck crystals after all.
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