{"id":644,"date":"2014-10-14T12:40:03","date_gmt":"2014-10-14T16:40:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.paracletepress.com\/index.php\/forest-dwellerhalf-a-century-lateri-am-tiredof-being-a-householderloose-th\/"},"modified":"2014-10-14T12:40:03","modified_gmt":"2014-10-14T16:40:03","slug":"forest-dwellerhalf-a-century-lateri-am-tiredof-being-a-householderloose-th","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.paracletepress.com\/index.php\/forest-dwellerhalf-a-century-lateri-am-tiredof-being-a-householderloose-th\/","title":{"rendered":"Forest Dweller:\nHalf a century later\nI am tired\nof being a householder,\nloose th&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Forest Dweller:<br \/> Half a century later<br \/> I am tired<br \/> of being a householder,<br \/> loose the attachment<br \/> to its furnishings,<br \/> those tawdry trinkets<br \/> of the little self,<br \/> cast off mooring to place,<br \/> but keep a rootedness<br \/> in the loam of gratitude <br \/> for all that has been.<\/p>\n<p> I will hold no yard sale<br \/> lest others carry away<br \/> and cling to<br \/> trappings of this life.<br \/> I will simply<br \/> cross the threshold<br \/> with only the begging bowl<br \/> of an emptied mind,<br \/> be a forest dweller,<br \/> alone with the universe<br \/> and ready.<br \/> &#8211; Bonnie Thurston, from Practicing Silence<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/paracletepress\/photos\/pcb.10152807719492328\/10152807706812328\/?type=1#amp;relevant_count=2\" title=\"\" target=\"\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"img\" src=\"https:\/\/fbcdn-sphotos-g-a.akamaihd.net\/hphotos-ak-xpf1\/v\/t1.0-9\/s130x130\/10712720_10152807706812328_1202432340831463828_n.jpg?oh=5a34254e246a1d874e1d78da559a7a2e#amp;oe=54AC11C2#amp;__gda__=1422194900_de93b558a2b46bc268a8526a6ec412f0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/paracletepress\/photos\/pcb.10152807719492328\/10152807707262328\/?type=1#amp;relevant_count=1\" title=\"\" target=\"\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"img\" src=\"https:\/\/scontent-b.xx.fbcdn.net\/hphotos-xpf1\/v\/t1.0-9\/s130x130\/10678811_10152807707262328_4241178852139352653_n.jpg?oh=58cbec8be734ec8ce96511a7ffa489f5#amp;oe=54B7F2CD\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Forest Dweller: Half a century later I am tired of being a householder, loose the attachment to its furnishings, those tawdry trinkets of the little self, cast off mooring to place, but keep a rootedness in the loam of gratitude &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.paracletepress.com\/index.php\/forest-dwellerhalf-a-century-lateri-am-tiredof-being-a-householderloose-th\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"1","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-644","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-paraclete-press"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.paracletepress.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/644","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.paracletepress.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.paracletepress.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.paracletepress.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.paracletepress.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=644"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blog.paracletepress.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/644\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.paracletepress.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=644"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.paracletepress.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=644"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.paracletepress.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=644"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}