holiday magic: it's real

Yesterday, I'm quite serious, the full magical force of the holiday season was in effect.  Here's how I know.

First of all, I was able to contend with crowds, parking lots, and Trader Joe's on the third shopping day before Christmas without losing my cool for one second.  Not for one second.  Instead I spent the whole time smiling at strangers. Now that's some serious magic.  

Second, there was the moment I walked out of PetCo with a bag of presents for Mr Burns and wondered at all the other adults lined up at the edge of the sidewalk, some with phones, faces tilted to the sky. Then I joined them and there we were, all of us, like kids, staring up at a huge rainbow, delighted.

But third and BEST of all, very very best, was that the holiday party I attended last night included a strolling Magician.  A Magician! 

The great thing about Christmas and rainbows and magicians is that they make marveling children of us all.  And that right there: that's magic.

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New mission in life

I know, I know: seems like I've got a new mission every day right now, right?  That's what sitting around at home all day does to a person -- gives you lots and lots of time to think, rock-hop around the interwebs, putter around, read, look at your stuff, rock-hop some more.

All of which is a great way to refine both one's capital-M Mission, aka what's my point anyway, and one's list of small-M missions, the little quests or organizing principles, if you will, that I think make things fun. [Some people call these items on their Bucket List, but I personally loathe that expression and will not use it EVER AGAIN in print or other manner.]

This is a post about a new small-M mission

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