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Possibly the happiest officiant in the history of time
- The honor of being asked to officiate a wedding in and of itself.
- The occasion to wear my chartreuse 1970s cocktail dress, which could best be described as extra, and which I do not have occasion to wear very often.
- The outdoor reception include tacos, churros, pan de muerto, and cake.
- The juxtaposition of a wedding being held on the Day of the Dead.
- The e.e. cummings poem “[i carry your heart with me]”
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Voting selfie!
- I voted!
- The privilege of hiking in Baker Sanctuary
- The way Indian food tastes even better as leftovers
- Finding an unopened jar of the mango chutney we canned last fall
- Making progress on a major work project
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Not pretty, but pretty delicious
- The stovetop mushroom lasagna recipe in the new issue of Bon Appetit
- Playing fetch/tug with Astrid in the yard
- A fruitful three-hour work session with my memoir group this morning
- Turning old Chianti bottles into candleholders
- I’ve been making my own variation winter market salad for over six years now, and it remains one of my favorite go-to recipes.
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She is style, she is grace, she has grass stains on her face
- Making Thai food for dinner
- Finishing the rough draft of the first chapter of my memoir
- I’m running a poetry contest
- Getting to have out-of-state poets visit our haiku study group, since everything happens on Zoom now
- Winning a copy of Jill Alexander Essbaum’s new book Would-Land
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The to-die for breakfast sandwich
- Both of my morning meetings ended early
- The electrician seems to have finally fixed my porch light for real
- Fried rice
- I got asked to officiate a friend’s wedding!!!!
- Stump Sohla
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She decided she didn’t like her crate for just one night
- Hiking at Baker Sanctuary and having the whole place to ourselves
- Bistek ranchero
- Finding a pair of boots I wanted on Poshmark
- Bagel sandwiches
- Having a reason to go to H Mart
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I was so ready to eat that I didn’t think to take a photo
- Pecan pie for breakfast
- Homemade breadsticks
- Getting to visit Zilker Botanical Garden
- Going to poetry group tonight (via Zoom, of course)
- I had a wonderful Saturday teaching for the Loft, and hope to do so again in the future!
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She’s all ears!
- Pumpkin risotto
- TerraSolace is a fantastic Etsy seller
- The Midnight Diner: Tokyo Stories TV series
- There are new episodes of Archer!
- The jalapeno pimento cheese at HEB
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Dreamy
- Dogs napping in sunbeams
- It was genuinely cool when I walked Astrid this morning
- Getting a jar of homemade salsa from John just because
- My allergy meds
- My current quilt project
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My vintage Corningware percolator
- Getting to start the week with a video call from my friend Suzanne
- Jackbox Games
- Leftover spaghetti for breakfast
- Socially distant happy hours
- Being more than half done with the current phase of a current writing project