{"id":2765,"date":"2010-09-16T20:02:29","date_gmt":"2010-09-17T01:02:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.spritewrites.net\/?p=2765"},"modified":"2010-09-16T20:02:29","modified_gmt":"2010-09-17T01:02:29","slug":"all-to-ourselves-the-end-and-souvenir","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.spritewrites.net\/?p=2765","title":{"rendered":"all to ourselves, the end, and souvenir"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Thursday again, eh? I&#8217;m not quite sure how that keeps happening, but I can hear echoes of Zero Mostel going through my head.<\/p>\n<p>Here are three beautiful things from my last week:<\/p>\n<p>1. When we arrived at the beach late Sunday afternoon, it was practically deserted, leaving it empty for Rudi and me to splash in the warm water, dance in the sand, and watch the sandpipers.<\/p>\n<p>2. For the final jazz concert of the summer, Susan came down to join Rudi, John, and me. I arrived early enough to snag a blanket-sized space next to a nice guy who offered me a swig from his hip flask. <\/p>\n<p>3. My coworker Sarah returned today from two weeks in Australia. She brought chocolates &#8212; mine have honeycomb in them.<\/p>\n<p>What&#8217;s been beautiful in your life lately?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Thursday again, eh? I&#8217;m not quite sure how that keeps happening, but I can hear echoes of Zero Mostel going through my head. Here are three beautiful things from my last week: 1. 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