{"id":6629,"date":"2014-07-11T05:30:30","date_gmt":"2014-07-11T12:30:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/michellejolin.com\/wordpress\/?p=6629"},"modified":"2014-07-11T08:25:58","modified_gmt":"2014-07-11T15:25:58","slug":"happy-birthday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michellejolin.com\/?p=6629","title":{"rendered":"Happy birthday, Ginger Belle"},"content":{"rendered":"

I spent the evening on Tequila Hill again–it was Chelle’s birthday. Rick and Shay cooked. Chelle and I drank wine on the deck and talked. Moo kept us laughing. Robin appeared in FaceTime. It was a full evening. <\/p>\n

We drank wine, had dinner. Eventually the sun went down, and the nearly full moon came out. We opened the champagne, because that is what you do when it’s a beautiful night and the moon is out. <\/p>\n

We sat on the deck and drank some more wine and talked until people started going to sleep.<\/p>\n

Later I came home, sat on the patio in the dark with one last glass of wine and watched the moon cross the sky for a while. Wish I had a cigarette. Still.<\/p>\n

I said good-night\/good morning to some people, and to absent loved ones and then I started writing. <\/p>\n

It was a good night. <\/p>\n

The moon is going behind the trees now. <\/p>\n

The stars are getting brighter. <\/p>\n

Things are what they are, and I am happy. <\/p>\n

I am a little worried about vampires, as usual, but it’s such a beautiful night that vampires won’t chase me in the house quite yet. <\/p>\n

Maybe I will wait for the moon. <\/p>\n

Happy birthday, Chelle. Love you!<\/p>\n

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I spent the evening on Tequila Hill again–it was Chelle’s birthday. Rick and Shay cooked. Chelle and I drank wine on the deck and talked. Moo kept us laughing. Robin appeared in FaceTime. It was a full evening. We drank wine, had dinner. 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