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Clue Prep

The clues were mostly like this. I had a super hard time writing them, because I haven’t written much lately. And for whatever reason most of the clues felt like they needed to rhyme. And I was putting a tremendous amount of pressure on these couplets being well written, instead of… you know… clues for a silly game.

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Windshield Issues, Continued

So I’m going back to Safelite again for something like the fourth time. Despite my complaining to Geico, my warranty is with Safelite. So I can either go back to them and have them fix it (again). But if I go anywhere else, it will be completely out of pocket.

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Christiana Lakehouse 2023, Day 1: Travel and a lot of Rain

The skies were getting darker and darker as we got towards the Indiana/Michigan border. And right as we got near, just about 6 minutes away… the rain really started coming down. I’m talking windshield wipers on full, every car slowing down to 15 miles an hour, and everyone throwing on their blinkers.

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Fresh Garlic

Liz, showing off some garlic from the garden boxes. I knew these guys grew underground, but had no idea there was so much above ground. I feel like the house is pretty well covered now, in case we get a rush of vampires in the area.

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Hazy Chicago

I was out this morning running errands, and there was a haze outside that I initially assumed was fog. I’d been hearing about the “air quality” in Chicago for a day or so before today, but didn’t really put two and two together.

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Garden Breakfast

It’s been a few mornings like this, and this new ritual feels remarkably nice. As the coffee is brewing, I’m out in my backyard… the air is still cool, with dew still on the ground.

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Catching Up with Juliet

I can’t recall the last time we hung out in person – definitely a long, long while ago. We talked at length about our families, about old friends and colleagues from our MFA program at OSU. We also talked about being homeowners, and the work we’re both doing on our respective houses. Fun bit of trivia: we both have frequent bunny visitors at our respective backyards.

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An Unexpected Trip

Yesterday, while up at Gethsemane looking at flowers, Liz was talking to someone there about roses. She learned that there was this place in Ohio called Freedom Gardens, the home/location of a rose grower with a collection of many, many old and hard to find roses.

Turns out, the location welcomes visitors only one month out of the year, and only on the weekends. And as fortune would have it, the last weekend was this weekend.

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Appreciating the Arbor

I was in the backyard today, about to mow the grass. And I stopped, because I found myself standing inside the arbor… and was floored by how the interior of the arbor looked, with all the roses going up the sides.

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Early Morning Monitors

Got into the office early this morning. With our updated office rules, folks are supposed to be in the office at least two days out of the week. I tend to go on slower days, and in the mornings… I’m usually one of the first on the floor. There’s sometimes a few folks already at their desks, but today…I was…

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