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

1. My parents’ cats and our cats, all such characters (Coal is lying asleep on his back in the middle of the living room rug, legs all tucked up, as I write this, inviting me to hurry up and rub his belly…)<\/p>\n

2. Lunch and a rainy walk with Karen<\/p>\n

3. I ran into some of my middle-schoolers when I stopped by their school this week, and they invited me to their 8th-grade graduation.<\/p>\n

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

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