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So I spent the day in my writer brain, meaning I walked to Harvard Square and went on a peripatetic journey of tea/coffee shops, stopping for an hour to write in each one. I started with jasmine bubble tea with soy milk at Dado Tea, then met some folks for chocolate at Burdick (oh yum yum), then went into a place I hadn’t been before, Crema Cafe, where they made a really nice “ginger steamer” (ginger “broth” with honey, very nice), and finally to Starbucks on the way home. I thought about making one more stop at Simon’s on Mass. Ave, since I still had 29% battery life left, but decided I needed some notes on my desk to go on to the next thing. (Yes, I still have some notes on paper.)

HOWEVER, the actual point of this post is to bring you picspam of the absolutely awesome gift I received which came as a total surprise and blew me away. I’ve been so amazed at the things the Magic U books have inspired readers to do. Deb/Tryslora made all those wonderful icons. Soiled Dove Mercantile sent me that incredible mini-top hat. Now this!

Not to keep you in suspense any longer, but it’s three stuffed bears, dressed/costumed as the three main characters in the Magic University books! Kyle, Alex, and Frost!

Kyle has to be between Frost and Alex, since they don’t get along, of course. Even in the thumbnail here you can see Kyle’s shoulder bag, Alex’s Harvard/Veritas T-shirt, and Frost is all dressed up for Tea with the Master. :-)