{"id":4212,"date":"2019-01-26T13:27:41","date_gmt":"2019-01-26T19:27:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.debslunch.com\/blog\/?p=4212"},"modified":"2019-01-26T14:08:32","modified_gmt":"2019-01-26T20:08:32","slug":"saying-goodbye-to-seattle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.debslunch.com\/blog\/2019\/01\/26\/saying-goodbye-to-seattle\/","title":{"rendered":"Saying goodbye to Seattle"},"content":{"rendered":"

On Friday, before I headed down to the Convention Center for the librarians conference, I touched up my black boots with a little heel & edge polish I found in my brother & sister-in-law’s closet. Somehow it made me think of the words to this old Stephen Stills’ song, Johnny’s Garden<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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And I’ll do anything I got to do
\nCut my hair and shine my shoes
\nAnd keep on singin’ the blues
\nIf I can stay here, in Johnny’s garden<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n

And I kinda got a little lump in my throat.<\/p>\n

Saturday morning after I packed and stripped the bed and threw the sheets & towels into the washing machine, before I called the Lyft to take me to the hotel downtown, I took the dog for a foggy walk and said farewell to the neighborhood, and her and the house.<\/p>\n

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Sati waiting patiently for me to make my coffee and feed her and take her for a walk<\/p><\/div>\n

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Another shot of those apples<\/a>, this time in the fog<\/p><\/div>\n

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Fog looking down 32nd Street<\/p><\/div>\n

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Tree arch on the other side of the street<\/p><\/div>\n

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View out the bedroom window – featuring all the construction equipment. Not much digging going on, but a lot of diggers.<\/p><\/div>\n

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And that little lump in my throat came back. Oh well, like I’ve been telling friends here, this has been my longest visit to Seattle, but it surely NOT my last. Knock wood.<\/p>\n

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