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 …
Enchantments June 25, 2020 Number 13 – Le Compost
It has come to this. You may think I’m referring to this portrait of a mangled papaya and that likely would be enough. But there’s more. Little did I know …
Enchantment June 18, 2020 Number 12 – Top Drawer
A Rummage (verb) to search unsystematically and untidily through a mass or receptacle. The particular receptacle is a chest of drawers that I bought in the 1980s. Though it was …
Enchantment June 11, 2020 Number 11 – Free-footed
During a walk around the yard this week, I spotted a gang of mushrooms. They sprouted overnight in defiance of our grass. Still the lot of them looked a tad …
Enchantment – June 5, 2020 Number 10 – Expert
1One deep dark night this week amid revelations of sleep, I heard a chirp – a shriek – a buzz. I struggled to wake up. A bird outside the window …