{"id":6686,"date":"2017-08-03T13:56:37","date_gmt":"2017-08-03T20:56:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thewritespot.us\/marlenecullenblog\/?p=6686"},"modified":"2017-08-03T13:56:37","modified_gmt":"2017-08-03T20:56:37","slug":"back-in-the-swing-of-things","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thewritespot.us\/marlenecullenblog\/back-in-the-swing-of-things\/","title":{"rendered":"Back in the swing of things"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman;\">Hi,<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman;\"> It\u2019s been a while since I have posted because there have been lots of Happening Things going on here at my sunny place in Northern California. We began renovating our yard in October in preparation for our youngest son\u2019s wedding in June. Eight and a half months of hauling, digging, pulling, moving, planting, paving . . . and our yard is beautiful and hopefully will be easier to maintain in our later years. The wedding was awesome, amazing, and inspiring. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman;\">Just as I returned the last wedding item, my 85-year-old mother passed away. I\u2019m at peace with that and happy she is no longer in pain. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman;\">In anticipation of possible after-wedding let-down, I planned a huge project, which I am in the middle of. More will be revealed in the autumn.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman;\">So, even though I haven\u2019t been able to post here, I haven\u2019t been idle. I\u2019m going to get back to posting and look forward to connecting with you through <a href=\"http:\/\/thewritespot.us\/marlenecullenblog\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Write Spot Blog<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Hmmm. . . as I thought about what to title this . . . &#8220;Back in the swing of things&#8221; came to mind.\u00a0 That could make a great writing prompt.<\/p>\n<p>Are you ready to write?\u00a0 Back in the swing of things. . . Just write.<\/p>\n<p>~Marlene<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/thewritespot.us\/marlenecullenblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Swing-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-6696 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/thewritespot.us\/marlenecullenblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Swing-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"446\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hi, It\u2019s been a while since I have posted because there have been lots of Happening Things going on here at my sunny place in Northern California. We began renovating our yard in October in preparation for our youngest son\u2019s wedding in June. 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