{"id":7008,"date":"2017-03-03T03:34:33","date_gmt":"2017-03-03T08:34:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.spritewrites.net\/?p=7008"},"modified":"2017-03-03T03:35:35","modified_gmt":"2017-03-03T08:35:35","slug":"live-chat-really-quite-warm-fat-tuesday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.spritewrites.net\/?p=7008","title":{"rendered":"live chat, really quite warm, and fat tuesday"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Three beautiful things from my past week:<\/p>\n<p><center><a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/spriteshoots\/33064939312\/in\/photostream\/\" title=\"Magnolias in front of the Phillips Collection\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/c1.staticflickr.com\/3\/2845\/33064939312_10bf18d88e.jpg\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" alt=\"Magnolias in front of the Phillips Collection\"><\/a><\/center><\/p>\n<p>1. A visit to the main branch of my library during my mid-week #brownbagdc Twitter book club nets me the opportunity to conduct my chatting in person with the three librarians (Jo, Myra, and Esti) who run it. Because the main branch (sadly, the closest branch to my office) is closing on Saturday for three years in order to do extensive renovations, our chat hosts were offering walk-ins as many free books off their Advance Reader cart as we wanted. I restrain myself to two, and we discuss the possibility of an in-person book club meeting later in the year to do a book swap.<\/p>\n<p>2. The unseasonably warm temperatures has had me wearing my early fall clothing (essentially, also my summer clothing, but with short socks and closed-toe shoes, rather than flip flops, and sometimes a shawl if I anticipate getting home after dark) and spending lots of time outside.<\/p>\n<p>3. The most delicious King Cake I&#8217;ve ever had (raspberry cream cheese) and sparkly Mardi Gras-themed nails to match.<\/p>\n<p><center><a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/spriteshoots\/33179946226\/in\/dateposted\/\" title=\"King Cake and Mardi Gras Nails\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/c1.staticflickr.com\/3\/2926\/33179946226_6be611fd2c.jpg\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" alt=\"King Cake and Mardi Gras Nails\"><\/a><\/center><\/p>\n<p>How about you? What&#8217;s been beautiful in your world recently?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Three beautiful things from my past week: 1. A visit to the main branch of my library during my mid-week #brownbagdc Twitter book club nets me the opportunity to conduct my chatting in person with the three librarians (Jo, Myra, and Esti) who run it. 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