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"LET'S GO TO FIRST FRIDAY," I suggested to my yard man yesterday evening. But...ahhh, he didn't think he felt so inclined. Outside it was already getting dark. Cold banks of snow covered the landscape. Earlier in the day the weather had been so cranky it had called off recycling!

"Well," I said, by way of enticement, "We could go to Rice and Noodles for supper... (tiny pause)...and Rachel said on facebook her husband will have some of his work hanging in a gallery...and she baked the most wonderful cookies for the gallery owners to serve." (Do you suppose, Reader Dear, that I didn't know the perfect worm to string on that hook?)


An hour later we were crunching across the crusty patches of snow on the city's sidewalks. There were stars in the night sky and the frosty air was exhilarating. It was a fine evening to eat Asian food and look at art.














All of it coming about via Rachel's delectable delights!


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