Magic Is Real

An ode to magic, in life and in prose, and a couple of book recommendations. Sorry this has been so sporadic the last few years.

Recently I asked my daughter what most excited her about turning ten. She thought about it for a few hours and said over dinner, ‘in books, children are always double digits when they have magical adventures. So I’m hoping to have a magical adventure’. The thought of this made me well up.

In the last few years, she has become increasingly aware of the ho…