This thread is fascinating. Thanks for asking all these questions Freebubbles!
kitchen witchery (the practice of making everyday processess like cooking and cleaning magical and/or using everday household stuff to create magic)
Fiona, this made perfect sense to me, even though I know I was coming at it from a completely different perspective. My mind translated "magical" in that sentence in the same way one might describe a romantic evening as "magical", or "special", or "beautiful". I imagined treating everyday cleaning as an experience containing hidden moments of beauty and clarity, or just finding enjoyment and peace in the ritual and physicality of honest work.
I'm reminded of the story of the partially blind woman who, after a successful eye operation, was mesmerised by the colours reflected in soap bubbles in her washing up bowl, and by dust motes floating in the sunlight - things we take for granted.
