{"id":5777,"date":"2015-04-09T17:36:31","date_gmt":"2015-04-09T22:36:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.spritewrites.net\/?p=5777"},"modified":"2015-04-09T17:36:31","modified_gmt":"2015-04-09T22:36:31","slug":"rising-passing-and-pick-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.spritewrites.net\/?p=5777","title":{"rendered":"rising, passing, and pick-up"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><center><a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/spriteshoots\/16905222980\" title=\"White House Easter Egg Roll by kkfea, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/farm8.staticflickr.com\/7621\/16905222980_0f41bffcf8.jpg\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" alt=\"White House Easter Egg Roll\"><\/a><\/center><\/p>\n<p>Three beautiful things from Easter week:<\/p>\n<p>1. Gramma has had a bad afternoon and I&#8217;ve stayed late at the nursing home in an effort to keep her calm (and, if truth be told, to help alleviate the guilt I feel about being far away most of the time these days). As I&#8217;m pulling out of the driveway to head back to my folks&#8217; house, a full moon rises over the horizon behind me.<\/p>\n<p>2. A guy and I bump into each other in the line for coffee at the Montvale rest stop and we both make jokes about being tired from the road. As I&#8217;m doctoring my drinks, he comes over to inquire if I&#8217;ve been in the traffic heading north. No, I say, I&#8217;m heading south. There&#8217;s a big accident on your side of the road, he warns; all his traffic has been caused by rubberneckers. Rudi and I bale across the river from the Garden State and traverse our way south through Newark, keeping our trip home from grinding to a halt.<\/p>\n<p>3. Volleyball resumed this week, but with fewer teams in this new session. As a result, a court opens up in the final hour, where the league invites players to join in a pick-up match. I get in nearly two hours of play time and leave so soaked there&#8217;s nowhere dry to wipe my hands off before serving. It&#8217;s a nice way to spend an evening.<\/p>\n<p>How about you? What&#8217;s been beautiful in your world this week?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Three beautiful things from Easter week: 1. Gramma has had a bad afternoon and I&#8217;ve stayed late at the nursing home in an effort to keep her calm (and, if truth be told, to help alleviate the guilt I feel about being far away most of the time these days). 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