{"id":2506,"date":"2006-03-20T19:56:25","date_gmt":"2006-03-21T02:56:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.kathrynpetroharper.com\/mindfullife\/?p=2506"},"modified":"2026-01-21T16:44:26","modified_gmt":"2026-01-22T00:44:26","slug":"excursion-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kathrynpetroharper.com\/mindfullife\/2006\/03\/20\/excursion-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Excursion"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Saturday wakes to the scent<br \/>\nof burnt toast wafting through<br \/>\nrattling Venetian-blind palms as<\/p>\n<p>the 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. I 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, and a<br \/>\nfarmer hawks Yukon gold potatoes<\/p>\n<p>as if they were truly<br \/>\ntreasure. Beyond 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","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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. I 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":[218,28,16,215],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2506","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-aenigmas","category-humanities","category-nature","category-poetry"],"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kathrynpetroharper.com\/mindfullife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2506","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=2506"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.kathrynpetroharper.com\/mindfullife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2506\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6450,"href":"https:\/\/www.kathrynpetroharper.com\/mindfullife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2506\/revisions\/6450"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kathrynpetroharper.com\/mindfullife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2506"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kathrynpetroharper.com\/mindfullife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2506"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kathrynpetroharper.com\/mindfullife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2506"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}