{"id":10316,"date":"2015-07-12T11:45:10","date_gmt":"2015-07-12T18:45:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/michellejolin.com\/wordpress\/?p=10316"},"modified":"2015-07-12T11:44:03","modified_gmt":"2015-07-12T18:44:03","slug":"sitting-here-watching-the-wheels-go-round","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michellejolin.com\/?p=10316","title":{"rendered":"Sitting here watching the wheels go round&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The water is going lap, lap, lap.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The sun is trying to come out.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The air smells salty and briney&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>More ambitious people than I am are out on the Sound in their boats.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Stephen is at the zendo being in his moment.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m sitting at the bulkhead wall just taking it all in.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Never doubt that it&#8217;s the small stuff that makes up life.&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The water is going lap, lap, lap.&nbsp; The sun is trying to come out.&nbsp; The air smells salty and briney&nbsp; More ambitious people than I am are out on the Sound in their boats.&nbsp; Stephen is at the zendo being in his moment.&nbsp; I&#8217;m sitting at the bulkhead wall just taking it all in.&nbsp; Never &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/michellejolin.com\/?p=10316\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Sitting here watching the wheels go round&#8230;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[20],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10316","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-random-thoughts"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7lr3R-2Go","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":5861,"url":"https:\/\/michellejolin.com\/?p=5861","url_meta":{"origin":10316,"position":0},"title":"Rain, rain","author":"Michelle","date":"May 19, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"Drops jumping On the pavement Rushing down the gutter Pattering on the roof Washing away the grime Washing away tears From the inside Watching it fall I sip another Cup of coffee Pulling up my Hand knit socks With a stupid cat On my feet And a book In my\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Words&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Words","link":"https:\/\/michellejolin.com\/?cat=7"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":10294,"url":"https:\/\/michellejolin.com\/?p=10294","url_meta":{"origin":10316,"position":1},"title":"Where there&#8217;s fire, there&#8217;s..wait, how does that go?","author":"Michelle","date":"July 9, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"Metal smithing, lesson four: playing with fire. 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