{"id":18891,"date":"2020-07-04T13:39:00","date_gmt":"2020-07-04T20:39:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.beardogco.com\/theroadhome\/?p=18891"},"modified":"2020-07-05T02:37:48","modified_gmt":"2020-07-05T09:37:48","slug":"redux-bah-humbug","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beardogco.com\/theroadhome\/2020\/07\/redux-bah-humbug\/","title":{"rendered":"redux:  Bah Humbug"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/beardogco.com\/WPBlog\/blogimages\/Jul10\/Bob4th0117.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/beardogco.com\/WPBlog\/blogimages\/Jul10\/Bob4th0117.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>July 4th.  Bah Humbug!!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A July 4th photo from many years ago.  I always think of it on the 4th as Bob\u2019s expression so conveys my own feelings about the 4th of July &#8230; most particularly the fireworks &#8230; and not public shows, but the individual stuff.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Although, for the record, Bob is likely looking so irritated because I kept trying to take a photo with him wearing the ribbons and he was not having it.  He was a curmudgeon extraordinaire, but also a snuggle boy when he felt like it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Emmett and Auggie are not perturbed by fireworks or gunshots or thunder.  Last night, Mother Nature told the fireworks how amateur they are.  We had a thunderstorm that went right overhead with the kind of thunder that makes me think the sky is splitting.  They both slept through it.  I did not, but since they do not get upset, I am free to enjoy &#8230; which I do except for knowing that there are many animals that do get upset &#8230; RATS.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I entertained some hope that the Lakota Sioux would take some revenge for Wounded Knee, but no.  Probably for the best, I would hate to see any (Sioux!) go to prison or be hurt or killed over the idiotic event.  In high school, I wrote a research paper on the 1890 massacre and subsequent events.  I have ever since been appalled by Mt. Rushmore &#8230; a desecration of sacred ground. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So, I end as I started.  4th of July:  Bah Humbug.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Stay home, wear a mask if you must go out, keep your distance.  Let&#8217;s get through this with some discipline and respect.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We are starting our 6th month.  WWII &#8230; 6 YEARS of rationing, life disrupted. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>July 4th. Bah Humbug!! A July 4th photo from many years ago. I always think of it on the 4th as Bob\u2019s expression so conveys my own feelings about the 4th of July &#8230; most particularly the fireworks &#8230; and not public shows, but the individual stuff. Although, for the record, Bob is likely looking [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18891","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-front-porch-musings"],"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beardogco.com\/theroadhome\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18891","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beardogco.com\/theroadhome\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beardogco.com\/theroadhome\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beardogco.com\/theroadhome\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beardogco.com\/theroadhome\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18891"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.beardogco.com\/theroadhome\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18891\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18896,"href":"https:\/\/www.beardogco.com\/theroadhome\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18891\/revisions\/18896"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beardogco.com\/theroadhome\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18891"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beardogco.com\/theroadhome\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18891"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beardogco.com\/theroadhome\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18891"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}