{"id":122,"date":"2018-11-04T17:17:56","date_gmt":"2018-11-04T22:17:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/aesherma\/?p=122"},"modified":"2018-11-04T17:17:56","modified_gmt":"2018-11-04T22:17:56","slug":"the-bend-of-a-river-is-a-funny-place","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/aesherma\/2018\/11\/04\/the-bend-of-a-river-is-a-funny-place\/","title":{"rendered":"the bend of a river \/ is a funny place"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>the bend of a river<\/p>\n<p>is a funny place<\/p>\n<p>both a breeding ground<\/p>\n<p>and a dumping ground<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>it is the island of misfit toys<\/p>\n<p>toys \u2014 both gifts of nature and trash of ours<\/p>\n<p>driftwood, glass bottle,\u00a0lost tennis ball<\/p>\n<p>each with a life lived and others touched<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>it is home to pools and trees and stone<\/p>\n<p>to beavers and birds and snakes<\/p>\n<p>it is the home of a stronger, colder breeze<\/p>\n<p>you are more exposed out here, open<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>ready to be carried away or perhaps<\/p>\n<p>ready to rest on this sandy shore<\/p>\n<p>not quite a final resting place<\/p>\n<p>but at least a stop on your journey<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>the bend of a river is a funny place both a breeding ground and a dumping ground &nbsp; it is the island of misfit toys toys \u2014 both gifts of nature and trash of ours driftwood, glass bottle,\u00a0lost tennis ball &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/aesherma\/2018\/11\/04\/the-bend-of-a-river-is-a-funny-place\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5379,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-122","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/aesherma\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/122","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/aesherma\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/aesherma\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/aesherma\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5379"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/aesherma\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=122"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/aesherma\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/122\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":123,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/aesherma\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/122\/revisions\/123"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/aesherma\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=122"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/aesherma\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=122"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/aesherma\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=122"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}