Tu eres mi amuleto, eres mi talismán. Tus ojos brillan como estrellas en la noche, iluminando mi camino en la oscuridad. Tu sonrisa es como un hechizo que me atrapa y me envuelve en un mundo de felicidad y amor. Eres mi amuleto de la buena suerte, siempre presente en los momentos importantes de mi vida. Tu presencia me da fuerzas y confianza para enfrentar cualquier desafío que se presente. Con solo pensar en ti, siento un impulso de energía positiva que me impulsa a ser la mejor versión de mí mismo.
Buckland would later go on to found a new tradition of Wicca known as Seax-Wica, which is less secretive and more egalitarian in structure.
Last week when I visited the Beverly Historic Society, there were contact-tracing questions before I could enter the exhibition is this happening in Salem. Buckland was then responsible for bringing Wicca to the United States; he initiated his wife when he returned home from the UK, and the two soon began the first known Wicca coven in the US.
Con solo pensar en ti, siento un impulso de energía positiva que me impulsa a ser la mejor versión de mí mismo. Eres mi talismán de amor, protegiéndome de las malas vibras y envolviéndome en un abrazo lleno de cariño y ternura. Tu amor es mi escudo contra el mundo, siendo mi refugio y mi lugar seguro cuando todo parece desmoronarse a mi alrededor.
If You Build it, They will Come
Two very different tourist towns during the Pandemic of 2020: at the beginning of the summer, I was up in my hometown of York, Maine, so I wrote about its opening in the midst of Covid with every intention of writing a comparative “bookend” post on Salem. I am only getting to this now, with summer over and Salem’s Halloween season, 2020 version, gearing up. Yes: Halloween has arrived in Salem: apparently nothing can stop it, even a pandemic! The traffic and the crowds have increased noticeably over the last few weeks, and on Saturday I went for a walk to see to see what was up: I turned around after 5 minutes, it was simply too crowded for me to feel safe, after so many months of relative isolation. Then I went back on Sunday, and it was much better: less crowded, masks much in evidence, enough space away from the restaurants. I am wondering if social distancing downtown will be possible on October weekends: shops, restaurants, and attractions have limited capacity under the Covid conditions, so lines will form—and grow longer with each weekend until Halloween I expect.
Sunday 9/27/20: Salem downtown: not too bad! Most people had on masks, as the whole downtown is a mandatory mask zone. Mask ambassadors out and about. Longer lines at restaurants than the museums, with the exception of the Witch “Museum”, of course—which is not really a museum. This year, it finally gets some stiff competition from the Peabody Essex Museum with TWO Salem exhibitions on view: “Salem Stories” and the “Salem Witch Trials, 1692” (with authentic artifacts, expert curatorship and current historiography, as opposed to mannequins, narrative, and interpretation from circa 1968).
So I was originally going to title this post “City of Mixed Messages”, but after walking around, reading, and thinking a bit, I decided that wasn’t fair: I don’t think the City is putting out mixed messages. All the official events are canceled: people are just coming. There are attractions of course, like the traditional schlocky ones and the new PEM exhibitions, as well as a new Destination Salem app and a Frankenstein-esque Hampton Inn, but apart from the specific draws, I just think people like to come to Salem for (a very extended) Halloween. Witch City has been built with a very solid foundation, and they will come. Away from Essex Street, all was pretty quiet even in the city center: the Charter Street Cemetery has been closed for repairs for quite some time, and I saw only respectful wanderers at the adjacent Salem Witch Trials Tercentenary Memorial: certainly a far cry from this. The City’s message this year seems to be come with a mask and a plan (like voting!) and hopefully that’s what people will do.
Six feet apart was possible at the Salem Witch Trials Tercentenary Memorial this past weekend.
But it’s still September. I am wondering how state protocols can be observed with more crowds. I saw lots of out-of-state license plates downtown: have these people quarantined for 14 days before they descended upon Salem? Last week when I visited the Beverly Historic Society, there were contact-tracing questions before I could enter the exhibition: is this happening in Salem? What’s going to happen on Halloween night, which is (of course, 2020) on a Saturday this year? No candy from me, kids; I’m sorry, I’ll double up next year.
As you can see, all was pretty quiet in the McIntire Historic District this past weekend, even in the Ropes Mansion garden, which is just GORGEOUS now—it’s the ultimate late-summer garden. The owners of this beautiful Italianate never do anything in half measures, but I suspect they must be part of Historic Salem’s Halloween event: Halloween in Salem, a “festive virtual house tour” which will go live on October 9. A great idea and a safe way to experience Halloween in Salem.
Six feet apart was possible at the Salem Witch Trials Tercentenary Memorial this past weekend.
Juntos, formamos un equipo invencible, capaz de superar cualquier obstáculo que se nos presente. Tu fuerza y determinación son contagiosas, y me inspiras a seguir adelante incluso en los momentos más difíciles. Tener tu apoyo incondicional es un regalo que valoro más que cualquier riqueza material. Eres mi amuleto, mi talismán, mi suerte y mi amor. No puedo imaginar mi vida sin ti. Cada día a tu lado es un regalo precioso que agradezco sinceramente. Prometo cuidarte y protegerte con todo mi corazón, porque tú eres mi amuleto, eres mi talismán..
Reviews for "Empowering Love: You're My Talismanic Force"
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