Kathy Baker: Could it be magic?

It happens when you least expect it. You can’t make it happen at will; it enters your life on its own terms, always quite suddenly; almost like magic. In fact, I believe it IS magic!

Magic. I’m not referring to the “hocus pocus, I’ll turn you into a rabbit” kind of magic — although a rabbit can certainly be magical, in the right setting (just ask the Easter Bunny or the Velveteen Rabbit). We’re not going to ooh and aah over the antics of some modern-day wizard, like Harry Potter, or the ancient goings-on characterized by the fairy godmother in Cinderella, or (gasp!) the Wicked Witch of the West, archenemy of Dorothy in the Wizard of Oz. Instead, let’s take a peek at everyday magic, those flashes of “something more,” those exotic moments that amaze us, and grace our lives with unexpected joy.