{"id":8463,"date":"2018-10-15T00:10:48","date_gmt":"2018-10-15T05:10:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.spritewrites.net\/?p=8463"},"modified":"2018-10-15T00:10:48","modified_gmt":"2018-10-15T05:10:48","slug":"mid-october-weekending","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.spritewrites.net\/?p=8463","title":{"rendered":"mid-october weekending"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><center><a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/spriteshoots\/44416780625\/in\/photostream\/\" title=\"Markus Zusak\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/farm2.staticflickr.com\/1945\/44416780625_9aa58d9e25.jpg\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" alt=\"Markus Zusak\"><\/a><\/center><\/p>\n<p>Friday evening, Rudi and I headed up to the Cleveland Park neighborhood for an author event with Markus Zusak, who wrote <em>The Book Thief<\/em>, which I loved. He&#8217;s in the U.S. promoting his new book, <em>Bridge of Clay<\/em>, which sounds interesting. I opted to forego the signing and will read a library copy instead. Rudi and I considered eating at one of the many restaurants up there, but instead decided to pick up some pizza dough at an Italian shop and eat at home. Yum!<\/p>\n<p><center><a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/spriteshoots\/45329692161\/in\/photostream\/\" title=\"Mid-October Gardening\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/farm2.staticflickr.com\/1930\/45329692161_b6664af23b.jpg\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" alt=\"Mid-October Gardening\"><\/a><\/center><\/p>\n<p>On Saturday, I spent an hour at the garden, where I pulled out dead tomato vines, harvested peppers, ground cherries, cherry tomatoes, and the basil we suspected wouldn&#8217;t appreciate this week&#8217;s chilly weather, and sprinkled some seeds underneath the remaining vines in the hopes we might still get some greens before the end of the season.<\/p>\n<p><center><a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/spriteshoots\/43513941900\/in\/photostream\/\" title=\"Mid-October Harvest\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/farm2.staticflickr.com\/1906\/43513941900_6e12ebedbe.jpg\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" alt=\"Mid-October Harvest\"><\/a><\/center><\/p>\n<p>Check out what I found at the garden!<\/p>\n<p><center><a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/spriteshoots\/30389562457\/in\/photostream\/\" title=\"Fall Violet\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/farm2.staticflickr.com\/1918\/30389562457_d0b8d3a19e.jpg\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" alt=\"Fall Violet\"><\/a><\/center><\/p>\n<p>I stopped at the library to return a large pile of books and at the H Street Festival, where I visited Solid State Books and got a warm beverage to drink while I perused the books.<\/p>\n<p><center><a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/spriteshoots\/45280029272\/in\/photostream\/\" title=\"H St. Festival\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/farm2.staticflickr.com\/1938\/45280029272_7ec090b70b.jpg\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" alt=\"H St. Festival\"><\/a><\/center><\/p>\n<p>Rudi and I got Thai food takeout and watched the first episode of the new <em>Doctor Who<\/em> and <em>Saturday Night Live<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>This morning, I got up early so I could fly to Connecticut at literally the crack of dawn. My dad is having surgery tomorrow &#8212; nothing too major, but still &#8212; so if if you could think good thoughts, we&#8217;d all appreciate it.<\/p>\n<p><center><a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/spriteshoots\/45280006242\/in\/photostream\/\" title=\"Sunrise at National\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/farm2.staticflickr.com\/1929\/45280006242_92d45fbd4a.jpg\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" alt=\"Sunrise at National\"><\/a><\/center><\/p>\n<p>How was your weekend?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Friday evening, Rudi and I headed up to the Cleveland Park neighborhood for an author event with Markus Zusak, who wrote The Book Thief, which I loved. He&#8217;s in the U.S. promoting his new book, Bridge of Clay, which sounds interesting. I opted to forego the signing and will read a library copy instead. 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