It's a prequel to Practical Magic, and is just such a beautiful book. It transports you to locations, so good is her descriptive prose. If you loved to Movie ( I do!) You'll love the books even more. It's set in the time just before the Witch trails and its the best fictional account of Salem at that time that I've read. Your heart goes out to all those wrongly punished women who perished just because they either knew how to cure the sick ( in mind and body) or could read, or just had a mind of their own. Just living in a wood, as an old lady minding their own buisness was enough to get you burned at the stake. I know if I'd had been born then I would've been one of them. Being in England would not have saved me, we had our own version of the Witch hunts. Anyway, of you've not read any of Alice Hoffman books give them a go...
Charlotte and Ian bought the shopping last night and I'd asked them to pick me up a candle from Aldi from the middle aisle, Rose and Clove. They managed to get me one, and I have it on as I type, it smells gorgeous, I love the scent of roses, it reminds of when I was little and would try and make perfume myself picking up fallen petals from the garden next door to my Mum's, the clove added gives it a rich warm scent that takes the cloying scent away and makes it spicier and freshens it more. I shall try and get another before they sell out. I like having a stash of candles and even more so now that we have the candle warmer, as you can just swap them out when you see fit.
I'm sitting here having cuddles with Miss Willow waiting for Kev to come home, the soup is on in the crock pot, plenty there for all of us today and tomorrow. There is also some chilli left from yesterday so we have a choice if we fancy something else. I had one of the low carb bagels for lunch with peanut butter and chia seed jam on it, and half a cup of popcorn.
I weighed me this morning, glad to see the numbers coming down a little at a time, but that's the best way to lose it.
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