{"id":10248,"date":"2020-05-26T01:44:32","date_gmt":"2020-05-26T06:44:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.spritewrites.net\/?p=10248"},"modified":"2020-05-26T01:44:32","modified_gmt":"2020-05-26T06:44:32","slug":"memorial-day-weekending-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.spritewrites.net\/?p=10248","title":{"rendered":"memorial day weekending"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><center><a  href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/spriteshoots\/49932957998\/in\/dateposted\/\" title=\"Love\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/49932957998_f002ed7227_w.jpg\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" alt=\"Love\"><\/a><script async src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/center><\/p>\n<p>Ours was a quiet, but nice, weekend. There were bike rides and walks and wildlife sightings. I ate peas from the garden and waffles from my sourdough starter.<\/p>\n<p>I splurged on peonies at the farmers market, as well as more predictable purchases. They made my soul sing.<\/p>\n<p>We finished our <em>Harry Potter and the Philosopher&#8217;s Stone<\/em> listen, and I will wrap up reading <em>Chasing Vermeer<\/em> after I post this.<\/p>\n<p>We did laundry (we were out of masks again) and repaired a piece of furniture my grandfather built me. <\/p>\n<p>I talked with my folks and with my BFF, Karen. Rudi&#8217;s friend, Rachel, dropped off some homemade lemon curd, and we chatted briefly outside &#8212; only my second in-person interaction with our friends in months.<\/p>\n<p>And we were scofflaws and took our beach chairs to the traffic circle at the end of our street this evening and soaked up the sun for a little while. It&#8217;s my first time sitting outside since March (city parks are closed for lounging and I live in an apartment below ground), and it was glorious. I don&#8217;t even care how many bug bites I got. There is a possibility that D.C. will enter into Phase 1 of pandemic recovery as early as Friday, in which case I can soon return to lounging &#8212; at a distance from my neighbors &#8212; in the park without skirting the law (the traffic circle is technically federal property, and they&#8217;re a little murkier about legalities of such green spaces).<\/p>\n<p>I hope you all had a pleasant weekend, too, or as pleasant as possible. Stay safe and stay apart!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ours was a quiet, but nice, weekend. There were bike rides and walks and wildlife sightings. I ate peas from the garden and waffles from my sourdough starter. I splurged on peonies at the farmers market, as well as more predictable purchases. They made my soul sing. 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