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Three beautiful things from my past week:<\/p>\n

1. I track down my dad’s favorite tea at a grocery store near them. It used to be at nearly every store, then only at stores around Jewish holidays, and now is only stocked by the occasional shop, so it felt really good to bring home a couple boxes. (Particularly since I drank so much of it on them when I was staying up there!)<\/p>\n

2. Chris and Neal and I go out for a festive dinner of Italian food.<\/p>\n

3. Christmas was different this year. Not bad. Just low-key. But Rudi and I and my parents were all together. And that was enough.<\/p>\n

How about you? What’s been beautiful in your world lately?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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