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6/29/2017

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...Continued from 6/26/2017:
   

     So, after basking all weekend in our happy little Chicago family reunion,
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...and the afterglow of   "Hamilton,"
...come Monday morning Tom and I had to absorb the news that our car, having suffered serious injuries from its attack by a free-wheeling psychotic tire (see post from 6/18/2017), would have to spend at least the next three weeks being put back together in a garage in Indiana (see post from  6/26/2017) and that we'd have to drive from Chicago home to Columbus in a rental car which we'd either have to continue renting or be a one-car couple for the next three weeks.*
      But, as we were alive, well, in a prosperous enough state,

...and looking forward to bringing  home with us our daughter and two granddaughters,
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...we figured we might as well stop and smell the flowers,
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...in the beautiful little urban garden in Claire and Miguel's backyard,
...where we'd been meeting,  
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...and eating,
...all weekend.
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     And so after saying good-bye to our children, who'd been our bunk mates at the Holiday Jones over the weekend (see post from 6/20/2017),
...sharing our final breakfast in the common room,
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...with fellow hostelers visiting Chicago from around the world,
...we said good-bye to the Holiday Jones - which from this day forward will be our Chicago hostel of choice -
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...then drove through Wicker Park to Claire and Miguel's house in Logan Square,
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...to pick up our passengers,
...and have one more look at the pretty little garden.
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    Then we said our good-byes,
...and left Chicago for Columbus,
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...running into some magnificent thunderheads in Indiana,
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...but, thankfully, no more crazy tires.
     *After Maria and the kids left Columbus to return home to L.A., the following day we opted for the latter, the necessity of shelling out a thousand bucks having gotten our mutual goat.  We are now on day 3 of being a one-car couple.  We are so far managing to survive this condition.


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  "Equal And Opposite Reactions" is now available in Kindle Edition, and also at http://www.blackrosewriting.com/romance/equalandoppositereactions, amazon.com,  barnesandnoble.com, and
Gramercy Books in Bexley, Ohio

4 Comments
Claire
6/29/2017 11:45:19 am

It was so great to have all the visitors! Thank you for the lovely garden shout out!

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Patti
6/29/2017 01:39:51 pm

Thanks for having us all, Claire, Your lovely garden certainly merits a shout-out!

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Jean
6/30/2017 01:14:32 pm

What a beautiful garden, Claire. The little critters were just delightful. Thanks for sharing.

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Patti
6/30/2017 01:27:59 pm

Thanks, Jean! I know, the critters just make the garden!

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