Secondhand Spirits

I work in my pajamas most of the time. No matter what you’re wearing, you can sound businesslike on the phone.

One reason I was so drawn to clothing was that, like cooking, it was a realm where non-witches experienced a little everyday magic. Put on a different outfit and your whole outlook on life could transform. There is a reason we refer to it as “changing”: When you put on an outfit that is perfect for you, you change. The

—a freak. I don’t want to be seen as a scary freak anymore.” And with that I dropped a freeze-dried bat into the bubbling brew.

Not pretty exactly, but gleaming with the loveliness of youth.

Plants give us clean air and beauty and sustenance, and, perhaps most important, they represent eternal life. Even when they die they rise again. Their vibrations are green and bright. All as it was meant to be. I