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June 18, 2021


one big happy, fresh blood, and keep an eye on
posted by soe 1:35 am

Constitution Gardens Duck Family

Three beautiful things from my past week:

1. One adventuresome duckling is reunited with its siblings and mama.

2. The new members of our volleyball team seem nice.

3. I forgot a bike lock, but really want to run into a shop. Some GW students watch it for me.

How about you? What’s been beautiful in your world lately?

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June 11, 2021


a dip on a hot day, chilling in the park, and reunited
posted by soe 1:01 am

Three beautiful things from my past week:

1. Getting to swim at the outside pool.

2. I take my supper and my book up to the park while Rudi’s on evening Zoom calls. It starts out sweltering, but fades to pleasant.

3. Many of the members of my team at work, staff and contractors, gather at my boss’ house for an afternoon picnic. We all greet each other with relieved hugs.

How about you? What’s been beautiful in your world lately?

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June 4, 2021


soft serve, tlc, and reunited
posted by soe 1:11 am

Dairy Queen Treats in Montvale, N.J.

Three beautiful things from my past week:

1. Rudi and I wrap up our trip north with a stop at Dairy Queen in Montvale, N.J.

2. Rudi replaces the shifters on my bike to ones that are smooth and work without needing to hold them together, my grips to ones that don’t leave imprints in my palms, and adds my DCPL bike bell to my handlebar. I feel loved and tended to.

3. Seeing my parents and Karen after such a long time apart. May we never repeat the experiment.

How about you? What’s been beautiful in your world lately?

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May 28, 2021


invention, kindness, and not waving from six feet away
posted by soe 8:22 am

Whoops! I fell asleep without posting this last night!

Three beautiful things from my past week:

1. Period underwear. Honestly where was this invention when I was a teenager?!?!?! (And for those of you with flex spending accounts, it’s a covered expense!)

2. A colleague offers to take on a task since he knows I’m trying to wrap up a dozen things before leaving on vacation. He also compliments me on how well I’ve supervised our interns and says he hopes the person taking over the task will do just as good a job.

3. This was the last week for one of my volleyball teammates before she moves away. We’ve reached a point in our COVID recovery where we can toast her and give hugs goodbye.

How about you? What’s been beautiful in your world lately?

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May 21, 2021


fragrance, harvest, and IRL
posted by soe 1:16 am

Three beautiful things from my past week:

1. The scent reaches me before I see it: there’s honeysuckle climbing its way down the hill.

2. My midweek visit to the garden yields the first strawberries and snap peas of the season. Plus, I’m able to include vegetables I grew in two meals in a single day (greens in a lunch salad and rainbow chard with supper)

3. A colleague and I take one of our interns out for lunch to celebrate her graduation (and to meet her for the first time in person). We all hug.

How about you? What’s been beautiful in your world this week?

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May 14, 2021


brought to tears, along for the ride, and just barely there
posted by soe 1:11 am

Waxing Moon over a Watering Mall

Three beautiful things from my past week:

1. Most of my volleyball teammates and I went out after the game. One exchange elicited the sort of uproarious laughter that leads to tears. I can’t remember the last time I’ve laughed that hard.

2. Another cyclist and I pass on the multi-use trail. He has a pug riding in each pannier.

3. As I was biking home tonight, there was just the slimmest sliver of a waxing crescent moon off to the west. (If you click through to Flickr, you can make the picture bigger. I’m down near the Capitol in the shot and you can see the lower part of the Washington Monument through the trees at the bottom left. Also, a couple of those sprinklers over the Mall were really misaligned. I did not make it past dry.)

How about you? What’s been beautiful in your world lately?

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