{"id":9424,"date":"2019-08-31T01:14:37","date_gmt":"2019-08-31T06:14:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.spritewrites.net\/?p=9424"},"modified":"2019-08-31T04:15:09","modified_gmt":"2019-08-31T09:15:09","slug":"labor-day-weekend-planning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.spritewrites.net\/?p=9424","title":{"rendered":"labor day weekend planning"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><center><a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/spriteshoots\/48651629323\/in\/dateposted\/\" title=\"Here&#x27;s the Scoop\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/48651629323_746c8514b6.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"400\" alt=\"Here&#x27;s the Scoop\"><\/a><\/center><\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s some of what I hope this weekend includes:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Attend BookFest. I&#8217;d like to see Rainbow Rowell, Barbara Kingsolver, Ngozi Ukazu, RBG, Julia Alvarez, Madeline Miller, Pablo Cartaya, Shannon Hale, Jon Klassen, Juana Medina, Ren\u00c3\u00a9e Watson, and Mitali Perkins, among others, but between the crowds and the schedule overlap, I&#8217;d be happy to cross three of them off my list. After the first year when they moved the festival indoors from the Mall and I experienced a panic attack at the crowds (200,000 people attended last year&#8217;s festival), I came up with a game plan that seems to work for me &#8212; go a little later, bring food, find corners where breaks can be taken, and be attached to no particular author. Mostly I&#8217;ve gotten to see folks, but I don&#8217;t wait in lines (other than the five minutes before a new talk begins) and I am willing to miss out on hearing pretty much anyone (rooms have fire code restrictions about how many people can be inside). (I&#8217;m already pretty much resigned that I will not get into the RBG room.) But there is rarely a period of time where I have no one who interests me and usually you can squeeze in someplace &#8212; particularly in the outskirts around the children&#8217;s stages.<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li>Swim. The outdoor pools close on Monday &#8212; just in time for our next heatwave.<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li>Send out some writing samples. I&#8217;m keeping options open for the future and have decided to start investigating freelance work. (I have no illusion that that earns one a livable wage at the outset, but one must acquire a first client somehow&#8230;)<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li>Plant some fall seeds. Our growing season easily lasts into November, and I often harvest all the way until the end of the year, so now is a good time to put leafy greens back into the rotation and try planting some more root veggies and a fall bean crop. <\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li>Shop at the farmers market. I need milk and raspberries and maybe plums or peaches for a tart.<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li>Watch baseball.<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li>Do laundry.<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li>Send some thank you notes.<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li>Knit on my shawl.<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li>Finish another book.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>How about you? What&#8217;s on your weekend wish list?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here&#8217;s some of what I hope this weekend includes: Attend BookFest. 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