{"id":114,"date":"2012-01-18T00:48:00","date_gmt":"2012-01-18T00:48:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.somewhereinnj.com\/?p=114"},"modified":"2014-10-01T03:00:03","modified_gmt":"2014-10-01T03:00:03","slug":"stones","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.somewhereinnj.com\/?p=114","title":{"rendered":"Stones"},"content":{"rendered":"<table cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" style=\"float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.somewhereinnj.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/arabia.jpg\" style=\"clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" border=\"0\" height=\"246\" src=\"https:\/\/www.somewhereinnj.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/arabia-300x185.jpg\" width=\"400\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><i>Stone cairns that mark the trail up Arabia Mountain<\/i><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>I have piled stones<br \/>on top of one another<br \/>for years now<br \/>stones of habit<br \/>stones of comfort<br \/>stones of refuge<br \/>stones to settle my heart<br \/>stones to mark the days of my journey&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s not uncommon to find stone cairns used as trail markers. These piles of stone help us find our way. They lead us somewhere and provide a tangible space to pause and recall. They offer a moment to get our bearings and seek direction. They hint for us to stop and listen for the whispering wind.<\/p>\n<p>We may stand at a cairn and remember. We might dream or hope. Maybe we turn within to figure out the meaning behind this pile of stones. What does this place mean? What are its secrets? What are we meant to find here?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Stone cairns that mark the trail up Arabia Mountain I have piled stoneson top of one anotherfor years nowstones of habitstones of comfortstones of refugestones to settle my heartstones to mark the days of my journey&#8230; It&#8217;s not uncommon to find stone cairns used as trail markers. These piles of stone help us find our &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.somewhereinnj.com\/?p=114\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Stones<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1874,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[24,9,8],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.somewhereinnj.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/114"}],"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=114"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.somewhereinnj.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/114\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.somewhereinnj.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1874"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.somewhereinnj.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=114"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.somewhereinnj.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=114"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.somewhereinnj.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=114"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}