{"id":13011,"date":"2024-02-16T05:45:00","date_gmt":"2024-02-16T10:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.spritewrites.net\/?p=13011"},"modified":"2024-02-16T05:45:00","modified_gmt":"2024-02-16T10:45:00","slug":"grass-in-winter-early-spring-and-daunt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.spritewrites.net\/?p=13011","title":{"rendered":"grass in winter, early spring, and daunt"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><center><a href=\"https:\/\/www.spritewrites.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/20240215_133454-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.spritewrites.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/20240215_133454-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Daunt Books\" width=\"300\" height=\"400\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-13014\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.spritewrites.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/20240215_133454-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.spritewrites.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/20240215_133454-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.spritewrites.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/20240215_133454-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/www.spritewrites.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/20240215_133454-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.spritewrites.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/20240215_133454-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/center><\/p>\n<p>Three beautiful things from my 50th-birthday week:<\/p>\n<p>1. The weather in D.C. is lovely for February, so my pal Mario invites a small group out to play volleyball all afternoon. <\/p>\n<p>2. Spring flowers are in full bloom in London, where I&#8217;m spending this week.<\/p>\n<p><center><a href=\"https:\/\/www.spritewrites.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/20240215_125707-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.spritewrites.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/20240215_125707-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"Crocuses in London\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-13013\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.spritewrites.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/20240215_125707-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.spritewrites.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/20240215_125707-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.spritewrites.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/20240215_125707-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.spritewrites.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/20240215_125707-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.spritewrites.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/20240215_125707-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/center><\/p>\n<p>3. Friends of a friend of Rudi&#8217;s recommend we visit the Marylebone location of Daunt Books. I&#8217;d like to move in.<\/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 50th-birthday week: 1. The weather in D.C. is lovely for February, so my pal Mario invites a small group out to play volleyball all afternoon. 2. Spring flowers are in full bloom in London, where I&#8217;m spending this week. 3. 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