{"id":51682,"date":"2019-10-08T06:06:33","date_gmt":"2019-10-08T12:06:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ancientrails.com\/?p=51682"},"modified":"2019-10-09T06:32:55","modified_gmt":"2019-10-09T12:32:55","slug":"51682-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ancientrails.com\/?p=51682","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Fall and the Rosh Hashanah Moon<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ancientrails.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/20190727_084151-e1570535304867-1200x1600.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-51684\" width=\"119\" height=\"159\"\/><figcaption>Kep in the loft<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ancientrails.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/10002012-05-18_4272.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-51683\" width=\"213\" height=\"160\"\/><figcaption>Gertie<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Worked out yesterday. Was sleeping really well, really well. Until. Cold noses in my face. Yes, Kep. Yes, Gertie. A yip from Gertie. Kep jumps up on my legs. OK, OK, give me a minute. Forces head back onto pillow, hopes the dogs will disappear for about fifteen minutes. Nope. All right, all right, I&#8217;m getting up. Geez. 4:30. Right on time, but no slack for a tired dad.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ancientrails.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/20190922_060540-e1570535502390-1200x1324.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-51685\" width=\"152\" height=\"167\"\/><figcaption>Rigel, &#8220;Who, me?&#8221;<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Kate had a dentist appointment in the morning. We took Gertie and Rigel with us since it&#8217;s cooling down up here. I drive because her ability to walk very far has diminished. I can put the car as close as possible to the entrance. She came out with brighty whities. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ancientrails.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/20190827_115024-1200x900.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-51686\" width=\"215\" height=\"161\"\/><figcaption>requires moving 5 tons of river rock. 10,000 pounds.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>We&#8217;re scheduled for an absurd temperature drop on Thursday along with some snow. Hope the cold and snow calm down the extreme fire conditions we&#8217;ve had for the last month or so.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The CBE Mitzvah committee may help with my fire mitigation. My energy level for doing it is low. My desire to get it done is high. Susan convinced me that she might find some folks willing to help in some way. Here&#8217;s my e-mail to her after we talked:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> Susan,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ancientrails.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/20190922_161550-e1570536287911-1200x1600.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-51687\" width=\"233\" height=\"311\"\/><figcaption>How I feel most days. <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>I  needed your directness. It&#8217;s tough for me to ask for any help, ever. I  know, I know, I&#8217;m a guy. Partly that. Partly, too, I want to do as much  as I can as long as I can. It&#8217;s about love.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I  promise when I wear out, before I wear out, I&#8217;ll give you a call. Right  now I&#8217;m really fine. Except for that fire mitigation stuff. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It has surprised me how much having people out there that care matters.  As you say, just knowing that is so much. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I&#8217;m pretty self-reliant, one  of those blessing and curse sorta things, but I&#8217;ve always needed friends  and community. Beth Evergreen is both. And, more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So,  gratitude to you, to your committee, to the ancient path that breeds  such caring folks. We&#8217;re in this together and that makes all the  difference. Really, not rhetoric. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fall and the Rosh Hashanah Moon Worked out yesterday. Was sleeping really well, really well. Until. Cold noses in my face. Yes, Kep. Yes, Gertie. A yip from Gertie. Kep jumps up on my legs. OK, OK, give me a minute. Forces head back onto pillow, hopes the dogs will disappear for about fifteen minutes. &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ancientrails.com\/?p=51682\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\"><\/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":[60,56,65,4317,3,10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-51682","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-aging","category-dogs","category-family","category-shadow-mountain","category-weather-climate","category-woolly-mammoths"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ancientrails.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51682","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=51682"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.ancientrails.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51682\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":51691,"href":"https:\/\/www.ancientrails.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51682\/revisions\/51691"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ancientrails.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=51682"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ancientrails.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=51682"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ancientrails.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=51682"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}