{"id":2374,"date":"2025-12-20T21:29:19","date_gmt":"2025-12-21T02:29:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.catherinewhite.com\/roughideas\/?p=2374"},"modified":"2025-12-20T21:47:16","modified_gmt":"2025-12-21T02:47:16","slug":"20-decembrance-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.catherinewhite.com\/roughideas\/2025\/12\/20\/20-decembrance-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"#20 decembrance 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I found myself barefoot on the frosty porch this morning inspecting the decaying pumpkins that have been there since late September. I decided today was the day to listen to the earth&#8217;s voice and send those babies to the compost. It was a great moment (now with boots on) to admire the dormant garden&#8217;s splendor and to come inside and see the amazing growth one day brings to an amaryllis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"724\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.catherinewhite.com\/roughideas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/20-decembrance-2025-724x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2375\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.catherinewhite.com\/roughideas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/20-decembrance-2025-724x1024.jpg 724w, https:\/\/www.catherinewhite.com\/roughideas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/20-decembrance-2025-212x300.jpg 212w, https:\/\/www.catherinewhite.com\/roughideas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/20-decembrance-2025-768x1086.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.catherinewhite.com\/roughideas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/20-decembrance-2025-1087x1536.jpg 1087w, https:\/\/www.catherinewhite.com\/roughideas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/20-decembrance-2025.jpg 1132w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 724px) 100vw, 724px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Amaryllis<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Thank You<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If you find yourself half naked<br>and barefoot in the frosty grass, hearing,<br>again, the earth&#8217;s great, sonorous moan that says<br>you are the air of the now and gone, that says<br>all you love will turn to dust,<br>and will meet you there, do not<br>raise your fist. Do not raise<br>your small voice against it. And do not<br>take cover. Instead, curl your toes<br>into the grass, watch the cloud<br>ascending from your lips. Walk<br>through the garden&#8217;s dormant splendor.<br>Say only, thank you. Thank you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2014Ross Gay in <em>Against Which<\/em>, 2006<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I found myself barefoot on the frosty porch this morning inspecting the decaying pumpkins that have been there since late September. I decided today was the day to listen to the earth&#8217;s voice and send those babies to the compost. It was a great moment (now with boots on) to admire the dormant garden&#8217;s splendor [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2374","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-rough-ideas"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.catherinewhite.com\/roughideas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2374","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.catherinewhite.com\/roughideas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.catherinewhite.com\/roughideas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.catherinewhite.com\/roughideas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.catherinewhite.com\/roughideas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2374"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.catherinewhite.com\/roughideas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2374\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2378,"href":"https:\/\/www.catherinewhite.com\/roughideas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2374\/revisions\/2378"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.catherinewhite.com\/roughideas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2374"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.catherinewhite.com\/roughideas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2374"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.catherinewhite.com\/roughideas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2374"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}