{"id":1008,"date":"2007-08-09T03:54:00","date_gmt":"2007-08-09T03:54:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.somewhereinnj.com\/?p=1008"},"modified":"2014-10-01T03:32:03","modified_gmt":"2014-10-01T03:32:03","slug":"in-praise-and-thanksgiving","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.somewhereinnj.com\/?p=1008","title":{"rendered":"In praise and thanksgiving"},"content":{"rendered":"<div align=\"center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.somewhereinnj.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/08\/PA130113-copy.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5096524752597976978\" style=\"DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.somewhereinnj.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/08\/PA130113-copy-225x300.jpg\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><br \/><span style=\"font-size:85%;\"><em>&#8220;Awakening<br \/>in a moment of peace<br \/>I give thanks<br \/>to the source of all peace<\/p>\n<p>as I set forth<br \/>into the day<br \/>the birds sing<br \/>with new voices<br \/>and I listen<br \/>with new ears<br \/>and give thanks<\/p>\n<p>nearby<br \/>the flower called Angel&#8217;s Trumpet<br \/>blows<br \/>in the breeze<br \/>and I give thanks<\/p>\n<p>my feet touch the grass<br \/>still wet with dew<br \/>and I give thanks<br \/>both to my mother earth<br \/>for sustaining my steps<br \/>and to the seas<br \/>cycling once again<br \/>to bring forth new life<\/p>\n<p>the dewdrops<br \/>become jewelled<br \/>with the morning&#8217;s sun-fire<br \/>and I give thanks<\/p>\n<p>you can see forever<br \/>when the vision is clear<br \/>in this moment<br \/>each moment<br \/>I give thanks&#8221;<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:85%;\">-Harriet Kofalk<\/span><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:85%;\">Today I give thanks. We very nearly almost had a house fire. Of the electrical sort. I&#8217;m thankful for the <em>almost<\/em> part and that I was home from work in time to discover the problem.<\/p>\n<p>What are you thankful for?<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Awakeningin a moment of peaceI give thanksto the source of all peace as I set forthinto the daythe birds singwith new voicesand I listenwith new earsand give thanks nearbythe flower called Angel&#8217;s Trumpetblowsin the breezeand I give thanks my feet touch the grassstill wet with dewand I give thanksboth to my mother earthfor sustaining my &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.somewhereinnj.com\/?p=1008\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">In praise and thanksgiving<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3462,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[9],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.somewhereinnj.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1008"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.somewhereinnj.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.somewhereinnj.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.somewhereinnj.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.somewhereinnj.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1008"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.somewhereinnj.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1008\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.somewhereinnj.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/3462"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.somewhereinnj.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1008"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.somewhereinnj.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1008"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.somewhereinnj.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1008"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}