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while my boys were away in early june, my sister visited for a night. we had less than 24 hours to spend together but packed it full of goodness: we went out to dinner [as220 foo(d)] and shared a pot of tea [duck & bunny], then the next morning went swimming [ymca] and window/shopping [farmer's market, oop, craftland].
and she taught me i will follow you into the dark, by death cab for cutie. she showed me the strum pattern, but i find strumming SO HARD so i picked it instead. i've actually been working on the strumming for weeks now, and there's something really gorgeous about the upbeat up-strumming against the quavering confidence of the lyrics. it's motivating me to actually care about strumming, which i haven't really ever before.