I often have the feeling that if I turn around quickly enough (or slowly enough)...

I often have the feeling that if I turn around quickly enough (or slowly enough) I will catch something wonderful that is happening just out of my sight. I call this feeling “peripheral magic.” It can happen when I look up or kneel down or hold myself still. Suddenly, I am aware of wonder, marvels, everywhere.
When people ask me “Where do you get the ideas for you stories?” I want to say: here, in the cracks of this world, in the sidelong glances, in the light that comes suddenly pouring tow...