{"id":5994,"date":"2015-10-23T02:50:47","date_gmt":"2015-10-23T07:50:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.spritewrites.net\/?p=5994"},"modified":"2015-10-23T02:50:47","modified_gmt":"2015-10-23T07:50:47","slug":"league-champs-lone-maple-and-the-bookish-internet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.spritewrites.net\/?p=5994","title":{"rendered":"league champs, lone maple, and the bookish internet"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Three beautiful things from my past week:<\/p>\n<p>1. The Mets, in a surprising fashion to any long-time fans, dispensed with their league championship foes in quick succession, winning the first four games of the series to sweep the Cubs out of the post-season. Second baseman Daniel Murphy continued to play exceptionally well and was named the NLCS MVP.<\/p>\n<p>2. This maple tree at Lafayette Square (the park directly in front of the White House) was resplendent today:<\/p>\n<p><center><a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/spriteshoots\/22414464531\/in\/dateposted-public\/\" title=\"Lafayette Square Maple\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/farm6.staticflickr.com\/5784\/22414464531_7e4ed5bf1b.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"400\" alt=\"Lafayette Square Maple\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/spriteshoots\/21782498173\/in\/dateposted-public\/\" title=\"Lafayette Square Maple\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/farm6.staticflickr.com\/5679\/21782498173_6b5ab59cc5.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"400\" alt=\"Lafayette Square Maple\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/spriteshoots\/22377670496\/in\/dateposted-public\/\" title=\"20151022_140623\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/farm6.staticflickr.com\/5746\/22377670496_77421d03c3.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"400\" alt=\"20151022_140623\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><\/center><\/p>\n<p>3. One of my personal favorite Twitter feeds is <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/booksfordc\">@booksfordc<\/a>, which shares every new book the library catalogues (and adds to their new book slideshow). Thanks to them, I discovered over the weekend that the new Robert Galbraith (J.K. Rowling) mystery novel had been added to the system early. Click the link in the tweet, which sends you to the DCPL website, where you can put a hold on the book &#8212; and pick it up day of release for free mere blocks from the office.<\/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 my past week: 1. The Mets, in a surprising fashion to any long-time fans, dispensed with their league championship foes in quick succession, winning the first four games of the series to sweep the Cubs out of the post-season. 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