24. Carina
The cart screeches as I turn the corner in the grocery store and head down the canned food aisle. Who would have thought I would be shopping for canned food one day? I scoff, stopping to examine a soup claiming to have potatoes and bacon in it. I’m sure they’re chock full of preservatives, but still, I drop it into my cart with a smile on my face. Witches are naturalists, so much of my childhood was spent growing our own herbs, fruits, and vegetables that were born from the ground and blessed by the Goddess herself. What we didn’t grow, we bought at farmer’s markets, natural food stores, and butcher shops. Food from a can has not once passed my mouth. Grandma would have had a fit knowing anyone in the coven was eating “human food,” as she liked to refer to it. I bought planters for the a
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