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With this morning’s unsettling news about O’Rourke’s, I thought it might be hard to switch gears and think about positive things. Luckily, as sad as I am about the (hopefully temporary) loss of a favorite restaurant, I am sufficiently removed from the devastation to be able to see there are still good things in the world. I offer you three from the last week:<\/p>\n

1. Yesterday, it drizzled — just a bit — as I was heading home. It hasn’t rained here practically since June (when, you may remember, it rained so much our apartment flooded). While it wasn’t the gorgeous thunderstorm I was hoping for, it felt utterly delicious. Today’s weather was lovely and cool, and more rain is predicted for the weekend. The worst of summer might finally be over!<\/p>\n

2. Today was a marathon day at work, with me arriving home just before 9. Waiting for me were two lovely skeins of yarn from The Dye Pot<\/a>: sock yarn in a purple colorway called “Carmichael” and bulky yarn for this cute purse<\/a> in a multi-hued colorway called “Wave.” The yarn was on sale, so it was even better.<\/p>\n

3. Rudi<\/a> just suggested that “rapscallion<\/a>” should be the third beautiful thing for alliteration’s sake. How can you not love that?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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