{"id":664,"date":"2006-10-26T05:35:00","date_gmt":"2006-10-26T05:35:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/janaremy.com\/?p=664"},"modified":"2006-10-26T05:35:00","modified_gmt":"2006-10-26T05:35:00","slug":"the-bestest-friends","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.janaremy.com\/pilgrimsteps\/2006\/10\/26\/the-bestest-friends\/","title":{"rendered":"the bestest friends"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>So today I had the delight of getting several lovely email messages: from old friends, from new friends, from cyberfriends, etc.  Too cool.  I received a poem, an invitation for a weekend gathering, a connection for yoga practice, an mp3 of a lecture that I missed last weekend, and had a meaningful interaction with more than one former acquaintance.  Then I went to Institute tonite with longtime buddy Dora and hung out with more friends (friends who brought cookies, gave me the scoop on the latest Mo church happenings, and who are almost as passionate about blogging as I am).  And then when I got home, I found <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/redirect.html?ie=UTF8&#038;location=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.com%2FSweet-Life-Reflections-Home-Garden%2Fdp%2F0811830144%2Fsr%3D8-3%2Fqid%3D1161840870%3Fie%3DUTF8%26s%3Dbooks&#038;tag=pilgrimgirl-20&#038;linkCode=ur2&#038;camp=1789&#038;creative=9325\">this sweet book<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.assoc-amazon.com\/e\/ir?t=pilgrimgirl-20&amp;l=ur2&amp;o=1\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" style=\"border:none !important; margin:0px !important;\" \/> on my top step.  Again, from friends.<br \/>Hmmm&#8230;.I am so lucky.  I have the bestest friends.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>So today I had the delight of getting several lovely email messages: from old friends, from new friends, from cyberfriends, etc. Too cool. 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