Hello and welcome, I’m Renée Valentina and this is Musing Interruptus. A podcast meant for sharing thoughts, stories, enjoying idiomatic phrases and words in general. You can read along; the transcription is in the description of this episode. The idiomatic expressions are in italics. Try to get the meaning from the context and then look them up to see if you were right. If you like it, share it, but more importantly, continue the conversation. Today, Spells and Incantations.

Opportunities to connect with others in this life are never as plentiful as one would like. So you can understand I am an advocate for jumping at and creating them. Some occasions must be hunted. Hiding how eager you are to share life over coffee or whiskey is part of a strategy to foster interaction. You don’t want to scare off your desired interlocutor. Other occasi ...