Katie broke a mirror on a Friday the 13th seven years ago and is celebrating the end of a run of supposedly bad luck. Because really, who knows? This edition of Doing What Works examines how we cope with the unknowable.

Here are your show notes…

Buddy the Elf rides the escalator.

What were the odds you’d be conceived?

How birds see the world.

All the religions of the world seem to agree that dreams are one of the channels through which the gods traditionally speak to mortals.

Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity.