{halloween}: hocus pocus.

behold, the black flame candle our weekend in salem, mass.

{greeted by c's brother's amazing hand-carved pumpkin display (16 in a row!) on friday night}

{one of the most preposterous of the accused witches: a 70-yr-old bedridden grandmother}

{the last words of an accused witch: "OH LORD - HELP ME.  GOD KNOWS I AM INNOCENT."}

i purchased this book in one of the little shops to learn more about the witch trials.  turns out it was basically just the first group of mean girls, bored with too much time on their hands, accusing their enemies of witchcraft.  that's the short, non-devil version, at least.  ann putnam, jr. was totally the original regina george.        

 

happy hallowe'en.

xo. di.

p.s. did you see our costumes on monday?

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