Thursday! I’m at my Mom”s. Christie, Mom, and I are heading out today for a day together. We have a scheduled high tea. I know we’re all looking forward to it. Tomorrow night, we’re going to walk across the street to see the musical play “1776”. The local historical society are sponsoring it. There is a professional orchestra. I enjoy the musical, and we’re excited about seeing the show.The school where it’s being performed is across the street from Mom’s house. So, that’s what I’m doing this week. What about you? And, what are you reading?

I’m just starting Maggie and Arthur’s Magic Moment by Leslie Rene. Since I haven’t read it yet, here’s the summary. A dangerous spell gone wrong forces the passionate professor of incantations to share tight quarters with her magical collegeโs leadingโand most broodingโalchemist.
Despite the collegeโs budget cuts that slashed her syllabus, Linguistics and Incantation Translation professor Maggie Linden has almost made it to the end of the spring semester. To celebrate, Maggie attends a magical masquerade on Beltane. Maybe the end-of-year frenzy explains why she kissed a masked stranger at the festival, though her celebration may have come too soonโฆ.
An accident in the lab of famous (and famously broody) alchemist Arthur Taliesin sets loose a dangerous, haunting magic called a pall that renders the nicer parts of their academic building uninhabitable. Maggie is assigned to share her tiny basement office with none other than Taliesin himself. With his insufferable attitude and unfortunate good looks, Arthur makes it impossible for Maggie to concentrate on anythingโher research, her studentsโ final exams, or tracking down her mysterious Beltane suitor.
Sheโll do anything to get Arthur out of her office, including offering to help him reverse the magic that threatens the school. But Maggie is starting to realize her officemate may not be the conceited grump he pretends to be. In fact, much of what she thinks is true about Arthur is merely a maskโฆ.
This should be fun. What about you? What are you reading this week? What have you been doing?


