{"id":47068,"date":"2018-04-10T06:54:45","date_gmt":"2018-04-10T12:54:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ancientrails.com\/?p=47068"},"modified":"2018-04-10T06:54:45","modified_gmt":"2018-04-10T12:54:45","slug":"yesterday-and-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ancientrails.com\/?p=47068","title":{"rendered":"Yesterday and Today"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Spring\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\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\u00a0 New Shoulder Moon<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-47069\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ancientrails.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/exercise.jpg\" alt=\"exercise\" width=\"318\" height=\"159\" \/>Made it to three sets on my workout. This is slow for me since I&#8217;ve had this routine for over six weeks, the time frame in which I usually go back for new exercises. No matter. Things have been busy. Feels good to be have gotten this far given the situation.<\/p>\n<p>Dream last night. I had been called to organize a protest at a factory, Johns-Manville, where I worked during high school. The rationale (which I forget) was good; I saw a clear path to getting folks ready to take on management. The meeting was held at the factory and lots of workers had come. However. Just before I was to get started, everyone suddenly left the room. They came back in, slowly, and while they were coming I looked at my self in a mirror, getting ready to go onstage. My hair was a mess. I couldn&#8217;t get it to lie down.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_47070\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-47070\" style=\"width: 420px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-47070\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ancientrails.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/20150911_113337-e1523364616348-420x178.jpg\" alt=\"ruins of the old Johns-Manville factory in  Alexandria\" width=\"420\" height=\"178\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ancientrails.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/20150911_113337-e1523364616348-420x178.jpg 420w, https:\/\/www.ancientrails.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/20150911_113337-e1523364616348-744x316.jpg 744w, https:\/\/www.ancientrails.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/20150911_113337-e1523364616348-768x326.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ancientrails.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/20150911_113337-e1523364616348-1200x510.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-47070\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">ruins of the old Johns-Manville factory in<br \/>Alexandria<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>By the time I got onstage I could tell that management had a plan and it involved disrupting the meeting by distracting the audience. It worked. People kept coming and going. I started out with a question, &#8220;Did any of you work here in 1964?&#8221; One older man, his back turned to me, raised his hand. &#8220;Well, you might have seen me here as a shipping and receiving clerk.&#8221; (actual job) That got the reaction I&#8217;d hoped for, a mild bond. After that the meeting dissolved.<\/p>\n<p>As I began to leave the dream and wake up, I was frustrated, disappointed. Then I thought. Ah, I see the mistake. We let the meeting happen at the factory. The next one will be in the union hall.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-47071\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ancientrails.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/20180408_121101-e1523364768812-420x898.jpg\" alt=\"20180408_121101\" width=\"117\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ancientrails.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/20180408_121101-e1523364768812-420x898.jpg 420w, https:\/\/www.ancientrails.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/20180408_121101-e1523364768812-744x1592.jpg 744w, https:\/\/www.ancientrails.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/20180408_121101-e1523364768812-768x1643.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ancientrails.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/20180408_121101-e1523364768812-1200x2567.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 117px) 100vw, 117px\" \/>SeoAh made a Korean chicken soup. Her mother&#8217;s recipe. It was wonderful. She used the leek, some mushrooms, spring onions, and rice noodles. SeoAh used silver ware and I used chopsticks.<\/p>\n<p>She came at just the right time. Kate&#8217;s recovery has begun to accelerate. She&#8217;s sleeping better, doing her exercises, getting outside and walking. SeoAh has relieved the pressure on me by cooking, cleaning. Next week Kate starts physical therapy. I can see the arc of this moving up now. Makes a big difference.<\/p>\n<p>But the best part is the deepening relationship with SeoAh herself. &#8220;You are my parents. Do you understand?&#8221; Yes, we do. And, we feel the same way.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Spring\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\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\u00a0 New Shoulder Moon Made it to three sets on my workout. This is slow for me since I&#8217;ve had this routine for over six weeks, the time frame in which I usually go back for new exercises. No matter. Things have been busy. Feels good to be have gotten this far given the situation. &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ancientrails.com\/?p=47068\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Yesterday and Today<\/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":[290,4,263,65,243,3907,4317,3996],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-47068","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-asia","category-cooking","category-dreams","category-family","category-memories","category-reimagining-faith","category-shadow-mountain","category-third-phase-2"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ancientrails.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47068","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=47068"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.ancientrails.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47068\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":47072,"href":"https:\/\/www.ancientrails.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47068\/revisions\/47072"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ancientrails.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=47068"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ancientrails.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=47068"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ancientrails.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=47068"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}