{"id":16656,"date":"2018-03-30T00:49:17","date_gmt":"2018-03-30T04:49:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.quiltr.com\/?p=16656"},"modified":"2018-03-30T00:49:17","modified_gmt":"2018-03-30T04:49:17","slug":"mini-stay-cation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quiltr.com\/?p=16656","title":{"rendered":"Mini Stay-Cation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I was definitely due for a little time off. I started out Thursday night by seeing the National Theater Live performance of Julius Caesar in the mall movie theater. Two hours fifteen minutes or so, straight through without intermission. They&#8217;d set up their theater so that when you got your ticket you could either be in tiered seating above the performance space or you&#8217;d be standing on the same level as the actors, being part of the action as the crowd. Modern setting, Julius was wearing a red baseball style cap, no kidding. And in good Shakespearean fashion it ended with noble speeches over piles of bodies.<\/p>\n<p>Great way to start a vacation.<\/p>\n<p>Saturday I got up pretty early and went to the March for Our Lives in Albany. Very well attended, very inspiring and uplifting speeches from students and old pols alike. I also popped into the Book House to say hi to my NaNoWriMo friends who were doing a meet the author\/reading afternoon event for their new publishing company.<\/p>\n<p>I did a lot of little things, I killed a lot of orcs. I found some things like, my calligraphic stash! In a metal lunchbox I&#8217;d collaged&#8230; maybe in high school or college?<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/quiltr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/calligraphystash.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/quiltr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/calligraphystash.jpeg\" title=\"my calligraphic stash - nibs and more nibs\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" class=\"size-full wp-image-16663\" srcset=\"https:\/\/quiltr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/calligraphystash.jpeg 3024w, https:\/\/quiltr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/calligraphystash-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/quiltr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/calligraphystash-400x400.jpeg 400w, https:\/\/quiltr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/calligraphystash-1024x1024.jpeg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a> <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/quiltr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/universalpens.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/quiltr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/universalpens.jpeg\" title=\"universal pens from my calligraphic stash\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" class=\"size-full wp-image-16657\" srcset=\"https:\/\/quiltr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/universalpens.jpeg 3024w, https:\/\/quiltr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/universalpens-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/quiltr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/universalpens-400x400.jpeg 400w, https:\/\/quiltr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/universalpens-1024x1024.jpeg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I took this framed piece off the wall thinking to take it out of the little frame it was in and giving it a better home.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/quiltr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/framedfront.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/quiltr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/framedfront.jpg\" title=\"framed front\" width=\"500\" height=\"340\" class=\"size-full wp-image-16660\" srcset=\"https:\/\/quiltr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/framedfront.jpg 4032w, https:\/\/quiltr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/framedfront-150x102.jpg 150w, https:\/\/quiltr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/framedfront-589x400.jpg 589w, https:\/\/quiltr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/framedfront-1024x695.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>But there was a surprise when I turned it over and found this:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/quiltr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/framedback.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/quiltr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/framedback.jpg\" title=\"framed back\" width=\"500\" height=\"475\" class=\"size-full wp-image-16658\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I spent quality time with my big cup o&#8217;nope this past week and added this to my available avatar\/profile photos.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/quiltr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/mbf_nope.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/quiltr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/mbf_nope.jpg\" title=\"my big cup o'nope\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" class=\"size-full wp-image-16659\" srcset=\"https:\/\/quiltr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/mbf_nope.jpg 2038w, https:\/\/quiltr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/mbf_nope-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/quiltr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/mbf_nope-400x400.jpg 400w, https:\/\/quiltr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/mbf_nope-1024x1024.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I went out one day and did this (should have tried to get out more to do more of this)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/quiltr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/wc_sketch2018.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/quiltr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/wc_sketch2018.jpg\" title=\"watercolor sketch\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" class=\"size-full wp-image-16661\" srcset=\"https:\/\/quiltr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/wc_sketch2018.jpg 4032w, https:\/\/quiltr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/wc_sketch2018-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/quiltr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/wc_sketch2018-533x400.jpg 533w, https:\/\/quiltr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/wc_sketch2018-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>and I practiced my handwriting while trying to learn the gettysburg address.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/quiltr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/gettysburg2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/quiltr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/gettysburg2.jpg\" title=\"gettysburg practice \" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" class=\"size-full wp-image-16662\" srcset=\"https:\/\/quiltr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/gettysburg2.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/quiltr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/gettysburg2-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/quiltr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/gettysburg2-533x400.jpg 533w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I was definitely due for a little time off. I started out Thursday night by seeing the National Theater Live performance of Julius Caesar in the mall movie theater. Two hours fifteen minutes or so, straight through without intermission. 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