Mabel King

I dreamed Mother and I, or me and someone I really don't know who, was driving around going all over the place and stopped to get something to eat at a small restaurant or deli.  The interior was dark and when we went to the counter to order Mabel King was at the counter taking orders.  In front of her was a white taper candle, unlit, with a box of matches sitting nearby.  I came up to the counter and lit the candle before ordering.  Mabel just nodded and took the order.  There were other people around but I was the only one that lit the candle, though I knew it was a common thing to do.  We drove around some more and ultimately came back to the same diner and I again walked to the counter, Mabel was talking to someone and there was a file over the matches, but she fished them out and handed them to me and I lit the candle and gave my order.


I'm thinking, knowing actually, Mabel King came from an episode of Tales from the Darkside I'd seen earlier that day in which she starred as the baker of "special" gingerbread cookies.  She ended up being eaten by a man she turned into a rat.  Favorite episode.