Here’s a little known fact which will stun you onto another plane. The most ecologically diverse places of the world were celebrated in a 2014 issue of The National Geographic. …
Enchantment Aug 20, 2020 Number 21 – Verdant
We have veered off into a new chapter of family life. Last night our Chicago alliance of five rolled into Nashville and realigned their biographies after 15 fine years of …
Enchantment Aug 13, 2020 Number 20 – A Pickle
The possessed “Enchantress” is a supervillianeous who, starting in the 1960s, appeared in DC Comics. Hovering over a pickle crock while casting a spell in my laundry room last month, …
Enchantment August 6, 2020 Number 19 – Rain Bird
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 …
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 …