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1. Cool and cloudy, such a nice change
2. Lorenzo enjoyed his Lego set
3. Excited about plans for the file cabinet reorg -- new categories!
4. A comfortable ordinary-day routine

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1.  Honeycrisp apple granola
2.  Ibrance #17
3.  A nice new blouse - black ikat
4.  Empanadas at Back to School Night

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1.  Delighted to hear that Nick will be visiting
2.  Lunch at the park
3.  A happy school pickup
4.  Worked through a bit of applique

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Nick, Rhiannon and Stacey

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1.  Safe travel for Tony
2.  A few things for my room have been unearthed
3.  Acorn spice hand soap

4.  Watched our first Monday Night Football game of the season with our traditional Black Forest ham sandwiches and apple fennel slaw

5.  Even though it's not dark here because there are street lights, the neighborhood is quiet

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The life we want is not merely the one we have chosen and made.  It is the one we must be chosing and making.

~ Wendell Berry ~

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1.  Sleeping later this week cause it's dark in the morning
2.  Perfect September weather
3.  Baked a beautiful apple bundt cake

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1.  A chilly drizzly windy stay-at-home day
2.  Homemade vegetable soup
3.  The scent of fireplace smoke

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1.  A damp morning walk with crows and rabbits
2.  A stack of books and magazines keeping me company
3.  A lively dinner party with Bridge Club

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1.  A relaxing day with no schedule
2.  Cinnamon shortbread
3.  A shooting star

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AUTUMN

When the trees their summer splendor

Change to raiment red and gold,

When the summer moon turns mellow,

And the nights are getting cold;

When the squirrels hide their acorns,

And the woodchucks disappear;

Then we know that it is autumn,

Loveliest season of the year.

~ Charlotte L. Riser ~

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