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| Hop on the Broomstick! |
It's that time again! Time for ghoulies and ghosties and things that go bump in the night. In my neck of the woods, it arrives at an opportune time because during September, the spiders around here go stark freakin' nuts working overtime through October to produce webs so huge they threaten to totally encase my entire house, webs they manufacture so quickly folks frequently walk straight into one when they exit the front door because it wasn't there the last time they walked in it. But hey! It's October, with Halloween just around the corner, so I just smile and call them decorations.
Personally, I've got a special spot in my heart for the Witches of October. Witches have come a long way in modern society. They aren't just old crones with ugly warts and crooked noses and pointed hats who cackle with glee while proclaiming "I'll get you, my pretty!" Movies and television abound with beautiful witches dedicated to fighting evil, like the Halliwell sisters of Charmed (and even the evil witches they fought were usually pretty dang gorgeous). Buffy Summers of Buffy the Vampire Slayer fame's right hand gal was Willow, who started out as the geeky girl next door, and who, by the end of the series, was one of the most powerful witches ever to wave a wand, with flaming red hair and power-blazing eyes.
Who doesn't love the witches of Practical Magic? It's hard to top that cast, especially the conga line of the Owens witches making margaritas while chanting "You put 'de lime in 'de coconut and drink it all up...." And then there's the mother of all Halloween movies, with three of the greatest witches ever to grace the silver screen. Okay, the sisters of Hocus Pocus aren't gorgeous, exactly, and they're definitely not good, but they're just so irresistible! Can anybody watch and not sing along? "I put a spell on you......and now you're mine..." (Fun factoid I just discovered when I looked up the cast of Hocus Pocus. How many of you knew that Thackery Binx was played by Sean Murray? Better known to countless viewers these days as Special Agent Tim McGee of the NCIS team? And as soon as I saw the name and looked at the eyes I didn't know how I'd ever missed it.)
No, witches aren't what they used to be. They're a lot more fun, thank heavens, not to mention easier on the eyes, and I like to think in my own humble way I've contributed a bit to the modern witch mystique. Get in the mood for Halloween by checking out the War-N-Wit, Inc. series, why don't you? It'll make you trade in your broomstick for a Harley!
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