A bonus to having your wings clipped involves honing a vision for those everyday items that deserve praise. Have you ever been captivated by a small, uncomplicated but useful thing? …
Enchantment July 30, 2020 Number 18 – California Trippin’
Don’t know about you, but it’s a time like this when a tale of yore can bring on enchantment. Like a centering prayer, a review of the past can stitch …
Enchantment July 23, 2020 Number 17 – Cottage Driveway
What do you get when you mix a new Sunday School dress, white shoes and soxes, with tiny pebbles too irresistible to leave in the driveway? The answer does not …
Enchantment July 16, 2020 Number 16 – Local Table
One day in 2007, a spell was cast for me by a magazine cover splashed with Local Table. The art pulled me inside for thoughtful stories about food and farming …
Enchantment July 9, 2020 Number 15 – Black Cat
After it happened twice in one week, I took a minute. The reptilian brain had kicked in. I prayed to Bastet, the cat goddess, that ancient patterns of superstition would …
Enchantment July 2, 2020 Number 14 – Face It
I escaped to another city for a hair cut. The plot felt like a spy in disguise who set out to infiltrate unfamiliar territory. Neither detail was true. For me …