{"id":742,"date":"2007-07-06T16:21:08","date_gmt":"2007-07-06T20:21:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.xorph.com\/uj\/2007\/07\/06\/cabin-porch-musings\/"},"modified":"2007-12-21T18:42:25","modified_gmt":"2007-12-21T22:42:25","slug":"cabin-porch-musings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.xorph.com\/uj\/archives\/742","title":{"rendered":"Cabin Porch Musings"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The rain everyone has been yearning for,<br \/>\nHours of steady, windless, perfect precipitation\u2014<br \/>\nA cistern-replenishing pattern of sound above,<br \/>\nWhile gravity drums the pond surface<br \/>\nwith its soft patter of life-giving noise,<br \/>\nAs audible nourishment strikes every leaf,<br \/>\nAnd the random \u201cglug\u201d of a frog the only other<br \/>\nSonic<br \/>\nElement.<\/p>\n<p>The pleasurable glow of yesterday among friends,<br \/>\nCelebrating Uncle Sam\u2019s 231st birthday<br \/>\nWith a salmon meal of grilled Lake Huron steaks<br \/>\nAnd the delayed flash of digital device,<br \/>\nCapturing our toast from the guest-room doorway\u2014<br \/>\nVessels with an Australian vintner\u2019s liquid harvest<br \/>\nSuspended above hot bread and a splash of<br \/>\nSalad<br \/>\nEndowment.<\/p>\n<p>An interlude of relaxation at the range\u2014<br \/>\nThe Enfield\u2019s .303 British cartridges alternate<br \/>\nWith Martini brass impressive to my eye,<br \/>\nTo satisfy a double rifle\u2019s twin digestive tracts,<br \/>\nAnd short-clip video to simulate an extra dose<br \/>\nOf firing-line pressure, like the buzz of competition,<br \/>\nOr a sub-continental feline\u2019s unexpected flash of<br \/>\nSavage<br \/>\nExplosion.  <\/p>\n<p>The odors of black powder haze and gun oil,<br \/>\nWith a mild numbness of eardrum<br \/>\nTo match the right shoulder\u2019s dull ache,<br \/>\nLinger in a montage of memories punctuated<br \/>\nBy the solid \u201cplinks\u201d of steel swingers,<br \/>\nAnd, from a hundred yards away,<br \/>\nThe precise punch of bullseye, surprising me with<br \/>\nSudden<br \/>\nEffusion.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The rain everyone has been yearning for, Hours of steady, windless, perfect precipitation\u2014 A cistern-replenishing pattern of sound above, While gravity drums the pond surface with its soft patter of life-giving noise, As audible nourishment strikes every leaf, And the random \u201cglug\u201d of a frog the only other Sonic Element. The pleasurable glow of yesterday [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,29,8,70,40,39,19,32],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.xorph.com\/uj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/742"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.xorph.com\/uj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.xorph.com\/uj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.xorph.com\/uj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.xorph.com\/uj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=742"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.xorph.com\/uj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/742\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.xorph.com\/uj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=742"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.xorph.com\/uj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=742"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.xorph.com\/uj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=742"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}