I was let go from my position with my former employer on the fifth of March.\u00a0 Thursday I accepted a new position, after only three weeks of unemployment.\u00a0 My first day is tomorrow.<\/p>\n
It may surprise my readers, however, to learn that I did practically no magic in that period, except a few offerings immediately before my interview Thursday.\u00a0 If this fortune is the result of enchantment, it is a product of the same enchantment that resulted in my termination.\u00a0 I believe that it is.\u00a0 Magically, I set goals for my art — my photography, in particular — that could not be achieved in my previous circumstances.<\/p>\n
There is not guarantee that I will achieve them, now.\u00a0 But the opportunity exists.<\/p>\n
I live a charmed life.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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