{"id":7082,"date":"2017-04-28T00:57:38","date_gmt":"2017-04-28T05:57:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.spritewrites.net\/?p=7082"},"modified":"2017-04-28T04:58:20","modified_gmt":"2017-04-28T09:58:20","slug":"recharge-tiny-bouquet-still-open","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.spritewrites.net\/?p=7082","title":{"rendered":"recharge, a tiny bouquet, and still open"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Three beautiful things from my past week: <\/p>\n<p>1. I take a long weekend and head to Connecticut for the first time since Christmas. I eat pizza, make scones, catch up on sleep, and visit with my folks and a couple friends. Completely worth the 20 hours of solo driving.<\/p>\n<p>2. Rudi returns from a trip to the compost pile at our garden with the final half dozen violets of the spring and reports of flowering strawberry plants in our plot.<\/p>\n<p>3. 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