{"id":34632,"date":"2020-01-28T20:21:30","date_gmt":"2020-01-29T04:21:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sparselysageandtimely.com\/blog\/?p=34632"},"modified":"2023-12-21T12:12:26","modified_gmt":"2023-12-21T20:12:26","slug":"the-winter-of-our-discontent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sparselysageandtimely.com\/?p=34632","title":{"rendered":"The winter of our discontent"},"content":{"rendered":"

Caveat lectorem:<\/strong>\u00a0When readers submit comments, they are asked if they want to receive an email alert with a link to new postings on this blog. A number of people have said they do. Thank you. The link is created the moment a posting goes online. Readers who find their way here through that link can see an updated version by simply clicking on the headline above the posting.<\/em><\/p>\n

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Our daily Rorschach test.<\/em><\/p>\n

What we see in the clouds<\/strong> may sometimes reflect our feelings. This fiery sunset unfortunately brought to mind our crazed President and the danger he poses to world order, the environment, and social harmony.<\/p>\n

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Another sunset, but with a blacktail doe and no Rorschach test.<\/em><\/p>\n

Looking at real creatures as opposed to those imagined in the sky is more certain to engender tranquility. Here’s a look at some of the ones I see virtually every day.<\/p>\n

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Two Arabian Adventures steeds in a feeding pen within a pasture next to Mitchell cabin. Since we haven’t succumbed to the national disaster yet, there’s nothing here for this buzzard.<\/em><\/p>\n

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Jackrabbits and towhees may have very different cultures, but they manage to coexist side by side peaceably<\/em>.<\/p>\n

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There are more wild turkeys to be seen hereabouts than there were last year at this time.<\/em><\/p>\n

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Also abundant are blacktail deer, but that’s common. (Curiously, just now when I tried to type “<\/em>blacktailed deer,” Spellcheck kept changing their name to “blackmailed deer.” This, in turn, raises the question: how would you blackmail a deer?)<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Caveat lectorem:\u00a0When readers submit comments, they are asked if they want to receive an email alert with a link to new postings on this blog. A number of people have said they do. Thank you. The link is created the moment a posting goes online. Readers who find their way here through that link can […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":623,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,10,11],"tags":[422,336,1296],"class_list":["post-34632","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-personal","category-west-marin-nature","category-wildlife","tag-blacktail-deer","tag-jackrabbit","tag-rorschach-test"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sparselysageandtimely.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34632","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sparselysageandtimely.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sparselysageandtimely.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sparselysageandtimely.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/623"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sparselysageandtimely.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=34632"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/sparselysageandtimely.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34632\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":40618,"href":"https:\/\/sparselysageandtimely.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34632\/revisions\/40618"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sparselysageandtimely.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=34632"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sparselysageandtimely.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=34632"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sparselysageandtimely.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=34632"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}