Hanna's Candles

 

So suppose you are shopping at your local supermarket and you notice there is a sale item on the shelf and you buy a small pillar candle because the scent is “sandy beaches” and, since you really like sandy beaches, you bring it home and light it up and your home starts to smell like a sandy beach except that the actual odor leans more towards a wet sandy beach and you wonder if that is a good thing and deciding a wet sandy beach connotes, well, a lack of sun and overcast skies and nobody around enjoying the sandy beach or really, if there is anybody around, they are huddled together in disappointment that their day at the beach is messed up with wet sand and the attendant goose bumps and you don’t really feel like going in the water or even strolling around looking for seashells or nudging general flotsam/jetsam with a gingerly toe and you don’t even need your beach umbrella with its cheerful rainbow colors and it’s not, well, very cheerful under these circumstances and you have sand in your sandals and your sandwiches and it’s difficult to brush it off like you could if it was dry and, hey, maybe you don’t want your home to smell like a sandy beach after all.