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Do You Believe in Magic?

A long-time customer of Caught Red Threaded recently shared the most beautiful words about the products carried, stating "you infuse each thing you make with magic al powers".  I was flattered but also questioned how such a thing is possible.  After three days of pondering this notion, that I could possibly make something better than it already is simply by having been the one to produce it, I extended this notion beyond Caught Red Threaded. I've been a parent for more than a decade.  The same hands that produce essential oil blends and lavender eye masks once rocked babies to sleep.  I feed my family healthy, home-made foods each day.  I carefully select the ingredients from the grocery store, farmers market, or our garden when the weather is warmer.  While I type, there's challah dough proofing in the oven, made from scratch with these same hands.  If I can take a couple ingredients, give them time to marry and grow, and bake them into an entirely new thing,