{"id":1093,"date":"2005-09-06T20:56:41","date_gmt":"2005-09-07T04:56:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.kathrynpetroharper.com\/mindfullife\/2005\/09\/06\/excursion\/"},"modified":"2026-01-21T16:25:29","modified_gmt":"2026-01-22T00:25:29","slug":"excursion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kathrynpetroharper.com\/mindfullife\/2005\/09\/06\/excursion\/","title":{"rendered":"Excursion"},"content":{"rendered":"<table align=\"center\">\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Excursion<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Saturday wakes to the scent<br \/>\nof burnt toast wafting through<br \/>\nrattling Venetian-blind palms as<br \/>\nthe gonging mission bell cuts<br \/>\nmy sleep-hazed mind and<br \/>\nI cross Mercy Street watching<\/p>\n<p>blacktop roses bowing to the<br \/>\ngentle breeze, walk with<br \/>\nlopsided longing toward the kazoo<\/p>\n<p>hum of the Farmer\u2019s Market,<br \/>\nwhere a blind troubadour sporting<br \/>\ntattoos on her arms courts<\/p>\n<p>seekers and idlers with her<br \/>\nchurch-bell voice, a<br \/>\nfarmer hawks Yukon golds<\/p>\n<p>as if they were treasure.<br \/>\nBeyond these nuggets, past<br \/>\nthe fruit waiting patiently as<\/p>\n<p>people nibble nuts, savor honey,<br \/>\nbargain with vendors, the spicy<br \/>\norange day beckons to me.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;Kathryn Harper<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Excursion Saturday wakes to the scent of burnt toast wafting through rattling Venetian-blind palms as the gonging mission bell cuts my sleep-hazed mind and I cross Mercy Street watching blacktop roses bowing to the gentle breeze, walk with lopsided longing toward the kazoo hum of the Farmer\u2019s Market, where a blind troubadour sporting tattoos on [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[218,28],"tags":[338,325,271,85,61,229],"class_list":["post-1093","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-aenigmas","category-humanities","tag-appreciation","tag-awake","tag-gratitude","tag-joy","tag-life","tag-poetry"],"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kathrynpetroharper.com\/mindfullife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1093","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kathrynpetroharper.com\/mindfullife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kathrynpetroharper.com\/mindfullife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kathrynpetroharper.com\/mindfullife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kathrynpetroharper.com\/mindfullife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1093"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.kathrynpetroharper.com\/mindfullife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1093\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9211,"href":"https:\/\/www.kathrynpetroharper.com\/mindfullife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1093\/revisions\/9211"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kathrynpetroharper.com\/mindfullife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1093"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kathrynpetroharper.com\/mindfullife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1093"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kathrynpetroharper.com\/mindfullife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1093"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}