Tuesday, September 25
The Witchy Women gathered for another dinner party. They snacked and sipped wine and talked about their week. As usual, Constance got the award for the most difficult week. She won with the story of her latest client who had been caught with a dozen stolen cell phones.
". . .and get this!" Constance wrapped up her award-winning tale of criminal foolishness. "He told me that he knew the law better than I do and could defend himself in court without my help. It took me an hour to convince him that his defense ideas wouldn't work and he'd end up in prison." Some of her clients were more than guilty-they were stupid, too.
May chuckled. "At least he's just a burglar. Consider yourself lucky you're not defending the pervy principal."
"The who?"
"Didn't you see the news? They just arrested a grade school principal here in the city. He had mountains of child porn in his home." She scowled. "Creepy."
Serena grunted. "I know! I heard about that. God! What's with these people?"
I know the answer to that. People do the most foolhardy things. Constance hoped that this poor pervert hadn't hurt any children. She also hoped she wouldn't have to defend him.
Abby protested this turn in the conversation. "I have not heard about this, and I don't want to hear about it now. Can we talk about something else? That stuff gives me bad dreams."
They agreed to change the subject, and soon found plenty of other things to talk about. Before long, they had finished dinner and were sitting in Serena's living room. She picked up a book and held it up for everyone to see.
"Remember this?"
Abby and May looked at it and shrugged, but Constance knew what it was. "I gave you that book at the white elephant party last week. Did you like it?"
Serena gushed, "I loved it. This stuff is brilliant-I think we should all try to do it."
May looked at the cover. "Active Consciousness? What's it about?"
"It's a system for manifesting reality through your consciousness. The author writes about how people have been doing this for centuries. She even offers a scientific explanation for how it might work. Then she gives exercises so that anyone can do it."
Abby shrugged. "Sounds like that book, The Secret. The one that tells you how you can become rich simply by visualizing it."
Serena curled her lip. "I hated that. Too mercenary. As if every problem could be solved by visualizing enough money."
That's the way it works in my family. Constance laughed. "My parents don't need to visualize to get money. And they definitely use it to solve every problem."
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