Ordinary Magic

“She sowed in my mind the idea that reality is not only what we see on the surface; it has a magical dimension as well and, if we so desire, it is legitimate to enhance it and color it to make our journey through life less trying.” ― Isabel Allende

There was a power outage so we ordered a pizza, ate dinner by candlelight and burned some java logs in the fireplace.


There was a vegetarian Thanksgiving Feast with dear friends.

















There was a magical holiday parade with balloons...


























































and unicycles...






















and hoopers...

















and horns...

















and Santa!

















"Mama", he said, "my favorite part of the parade was when you yelled, WALKIE TALKIES FOR SATCH, to Santa...and I think he was the real Santa too!"