I am heading to upstate New York from just outside the City right now to join friends in our annual folk festival camping trip (where I hope to experience many more than three beautiful things). In the meantime, I leave you with three beautiful things from the past week (written a bit early):
1. Saturday was Western Market’s late market of the summer, staying open until 10. Rudi and I went around sunset to avoid the heat, but found little that piqued our fancy. (Lots of chunky jewelry.) But Woolarina was there with some cute project mini tote bags she’d stenciled. When I bought one that declares “She’s crafty!” Paula (the D.C. half of Woolarina) got very excited, which made me even happier with my purchase.
2. Sweet cherries are too sweet for my grandmother’s cherry cobbler recipe we discovered accidentally a few weeks ago. In the meantime, I bought some sour cherries at the farmers’ market, and they worked just great. Three nights of yummy dessert!
3. A group of my coworkers and I went out to lunch Tuesday to celebrate two recent birthdays. The birthday girls chose a local sports bar, where we sat at a tall table and gabbed. All of a sudden I realized that a Peter, Paul, and Mary song was playing over the speakers. Then some other oldies. I began to bop in my seat and hum and warned everyone that by the time we left, I could be belting the songs aloud. Sarah started singing under her breath. Then Cee-Cee. And Amani was keeping time. It was very funny but also very fun.