{"id":10576,"date":"2020-09-18T01:16:42","date_gmt":"2020-09-18T06:16:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.spritewrites.net\/?p=10576"},"modified":"2020-09-18T04:41:45","modified_gmt":"2020-09-18T09:41:45","slug":"doughnuts-onward-and-birthday-call","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.spritewrites.net\/?p=10576","title":{"rendered":"doughnuts, onward, and birthday call"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><center><a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/spriteshoots\/50355321661\/in\/dateposted\/\" title=\"Cider Doughnut\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/50355321661_61fd6a4e19_w.jpg\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" alt=\"Cider Doughnut\"><\/a><script async src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/center><\/p>\n<p>Three beautiful things from my past week:<\/p>\n<p>1. I recently heard about a yuppie doughnut shop (this is shop where the doughnuts are fancy and cost the better part of a $5 bill apiece as opposed to the blue-collar doughnut shops I grew up with) in the Virginia suburbs, so Rudi and I headed over there last Sunday. A bonus to sampling them in September is that their fall menu included several cider doughnut variations. I&#8217;m pleased to report that their cider cake doughnut is the best in the MidAtlantic that I&#8217;ve had outside of a farm (and that their other doughnuts were equally tasty). Rudi and I have declared them our favorite of the local yuppie doughnut shops.<\/p>\n<p>2. Several dvd holds came in for me at the library this week. <em>Onward<\/em> is the latest Pixar film, and it is the utterly charming (and a little weepy) story about two teen brothers who inherit their father&#8217;s magical staff and the quest they embark upon (using the older&#8217;s extensive roleplaying experience) to bring him back to life for a single day.<\/p>\n<p>3. Karen and I got a chance to catch up earlier in the week for the first time in a couple months. It was really great to hear her voice.<\/p>\n<p>How about you? What&#8217;s been beautiful in your world lately?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Three beautiful things from my past week: 1. 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