{"id":12221,"date":"2022-06-13T01:35:31","date_gmt":"2022-06-13T06:35:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.spritewrites.net\/?p=12221"},"modified":"2022-06-13T04:43:52","modified_gmt":"2022-06-13T09:43:52","slug":"mid-june-weekending-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.spritewrites.net\/?p=12221","title":{"rendered":"mid-june weekending"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><center><a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/spriteshoots\/52141783182\/\" title=\"Peony Staying Power\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/52141783182_e62ab82664_w.jpg\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" alt=\"Peony Staying Power\"><\/a><script async src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/center><\/p>\n<p>It was a nice weekend. I won a contest that netted me a free bucket of beer and a picnic blanket at the Friday night concert down along the River, so Rudi and I biked across town, met up with a volleyball teammate, and spent a beautiful evening listening to a Latin-Irish fusion band, which had a great sound.<\/p>\n<p>Saturday, we went to the March for Our Lives down on the Mall, and while I&#8217;m sure our presence wasn&#8217;t the tipping point, it does sound like some progress was made overnight toward reaching a passable bill.<\/p>\n<p>Today, I went to the farmers market, spent several hours working in the garden, had a video chat with friends, and watched the Tonys. Because airfare is outrageous right now, I proposed to Rudi that we take a couple overnight trips to New York City, so we procured tickets to three shows over the next two months. 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