Salem Revisited!
What’s better than spooky season in America’s spookiest town?
As many of you know, my daughter and I recently went on a girls’ trip to Salem, MA. I don’t travel often, but I love it so! This was her first flights, so it was fun to experience that with her.
Salem, MA, is actually a smaller town than I thought, and a lot of the tourist spots are in a very close area. The leaves had just started turning that week, which added to the autumn feel along with the cold temperature (hence my weapons of creation sweatshirt).
I got to see enough spooky decorations to make my creepy-loving heart happy! But I also learned so much about Salem’s history and their current focus on tolerance, diversity and inclusion.
Here are some of the highlights:
Architecture: I love the “feel” that architecture lends a place. Salem (and Massachusetts in general) felt very New England/American historical with some quirky stops along the way.
Atmosphere: Let’s get real! We were there to celebrate Halloween, which Salem does all October long.
Some other fun things we did!
This trip inspired me so much to really think about atmosphere and the feel of a place, along with the unjust persecution and why this happened. All of the cool things that we saw and everything I learned fed my creativity in a big way! Inspiration has been hard to access easily during the pandemic, which added to my difficult case of Writer’s block. From the “Feel” of Salem, the historical information, visual fodder, and architecture, it all came together to boost my creative energy and refill the well. Yay!
I’m also grateful that I experienced this place with my daughter. We share a love of spookiness, so these are memories we will both cherish.
I hope you enjoy a chance to see it too. Spooky season was wonderful this year and lasted extra long! But it gave me lots of thinking time, then and into the fall. How about you? Also, do you find travel boosts your creative juices?
Take care,
Dani
2 comments to “Salem Revisited!”
Latesha B. - December 1, 2022
Looks like you had a great time. I would love to travel to New England in the fall to see the leaves changing colors.
daniwade6565 - December 1, 2022
It was beautiful! We were lucky in that the leaves had just started to change, so we got the full “autumn” feel. 🙂