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<\/p>\n\u201cHoney, have you seen the tree in the neighbor\u2019s yard across the street?\u201d Linda \u00a0said this morning while pouring me a second cup of coffee.\u00a0 \u201cThe house that\u2019s for sale?\u201d I said. \u201cYeah, come take a look. We\u2019ve lived here for decades and I don\u2019t ever remember those leaves turning such a beautiful color.\u201d<\/p>\n
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After our recent New England trip, I guess we consider ourselves to be experts in the art of fall foliage appreciation. Just as impressive to me, though, was my wife\u2019s cheerful disposition. \u00a0We don\u2019t have knock down drag outs when there\u2019s a disagreement. (okay, fight) It just gets mighty quiet around the house until one of us breaks the ice. There\u2019s usually a mutual apology and that\u2019s pretty much the end of it. \u00a0<\/p>\n
Our troubles began a few days ago when we met up with friends, Denny and Joan, for a drink at one of our favorite local establishments. As we were chatting, a lady from the next table came over to ours insisting that she knows Joanie from bowling years and years ago. Joan politely said she didn\u2019t remember but the lady kept coming over insisting they were long lost buddies. Then she came over to me and said, \u201cHey, aren\u2019t you the guy from TV?\u201d I believed she called me Dave. When I said yes, I extended my hand and, with a note of sarcasm, insisted she tell me her name. Instead of conveying the message that her regular trips to our table were becoming annoying, she felt comfortable enough in our relationship to come over one more time to tell me about some wonderful new diet supplement she was selling guaranteed to improve my health. (Lose weight) \u00a0It was at this point that I\u2019d had enough and, boosted by the bravado that only happy hour beverages provide, I told her I wanted no part of her pyramid scheme, asked her to leave and bother us no more. Linda..who is a good person and hates conflict and public embarrassment, \u00a0wasn\u2019t too pleased with how I handled the situation and indicated as much. Since I had my own transportation, I left and that\u2019s how it came to be a bit chilly and quiet around our house this weekend.<\/p>\n
\u201cThat tree really is pretty, I said, especially in contrast to the yellow-leaf maple in our own front yard.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI love you, you know.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u00a0 love you too.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
\u201cHoney, have you seen the tree in the neighbor\u2019s yard across the street?\u201d Linda \u00a0said this morning while pouring me a second cup of coffee.\u00a0 \u201cThe house that\u2019s for sale?\u201d I said. \u201cYeah, come take a look. We\u2019ve lived here for decades and I don\u2019t ever remember those leaves turning such a beautiful color.\u201d After…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[60],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1619"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1619"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1619\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11758,"href":"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1619\/revisions\/11758"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1619"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1619"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1619"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}