{"id":25149,"date":"2014-03-11T08:30:39","date_gmt":"2014-03-11T14:30:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ancientrails.com\/?p=25149"},"modified":"2016-05-07T11:31:42","modified_gmt":"2016-05-07T17:31:42","slug":"warmer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ancientrails.com\/?p=25149","title":{"rendered":"Warmer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Imbolc \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Hare Moon<\/p>\n<p>50 degrees yesterday. \u00a0Dripping ice created a torrent in our downspouts, as if a hard rain was falling. \u00a0This is still, I think, a gradual melt, so I&#8217;m ok with the temperatures. \u00a0Not that I can do anything about them anyhow, of course. That rain forecast for today? Not so happy about that. \u00a0Slow melt good. \u00a0Fast melt bad.<\/p>\n<p>Waking up to moist air, warm (over against -15) and carrying the scent of the woods and the soil, moves me forward along with the turning of the Great Wheel. My body begins to synch itself with the change, pushing me toward the outside, a part of me unfurling with the sun&#8217;s changed angle, the increased warmth.<\/p>\n<p>A lot to do this week before I leave for Tucson, so I&#8217;d better get to it. \u00a0Finish the climate change course. \u00a0Send off my query letters. \u00a0Always more Latin. \u00a0A couple of putzy tech things. Call Enterprise. Get my packing organized. \u00a0A two week plus trip on the road requires different packing than a weekend flight to Denver.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Imbolc \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Hare Moon 50 degrees yesterday. \u00a0Dripping ice created a torrent in our downspouts, as if a hard rain was falling. \u00a0This is &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ancientrails.com\/?p=25149\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Warmer<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[87,3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-25149","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-garden","category-weather-climate"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ancientrails.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25149","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ancientrails.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ancientrails.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ancientrails.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ancientrails.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=25149"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.ancientrails.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25149\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":38598,"href":"https:\/\/www.ancientrails.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25149\/revisions\/38598"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ancientrails.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=25149"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ancientrails.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=25149"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ancientrails.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=25149"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}