{"id":25316,"date":"2015-12-23T11:03:41","date_gmt":"2015-12-23T11:03:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/?p=25316"},"modified":"2015-12-23T11:03:41","modified_gmt":"2015-12-23T11:03:41","slug":"fire-and-the-hearth-of-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/2015\/12\/fire-and-the-hearth-of-life\/","title":{"rendered":"Fire and the hearth of life"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>At winter solstice<br \/>\nThe term is Yule<br \/>\nWhen the wintry bite is cruel<br \/>\nIts then we frequently sit close by<br \/>\nThe fire of life and remember why<\/p>\n<p>A toasting fork some home made bread<br \/>\nA bowl of chestnuts and that said<br \/>\nEven marshmallows the vegan kind<br \/>\nWatch the flames and clear the mind<\/p>\n<p>The return of the sun<br \/>\nAnd the light force too<br \/>\nLets think of Odin<br \/>\nAnd wander through<br \/>\nThe annuls of time<br \/>\nWhen ancestors too<br \/>\nSat by the fire<br \/>\nAs we now do<\/p>\n<p>As December advances<br \/>\nTowards the day<br \/>\nWhen the children<br \/>\nHappily come to play<br \/>\nLets go out for a walk<br \/>\nIn the frosty air<br \/>\nGet closer to Nature<br \/>\nAnd try and share<\/p>\n<p>Some mindfulness<br \/>\nYea hug a tree<br \/>\nIts waiting for a hug<br \/>\nYou see<br \/>\nIt stands there hoping<br \/>\nAll the year<br \/>\nFor the yuletide<br \/>\nMessage in your ear<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At winter solstice The term is Yule When the wintry bite is cruel Its then we frequently sit close by The fire of life and remember why A toasting fork some home made bread A bowl of chestnuts and that &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/2015\/12\/fire-and-the-hearth-of-life\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[200],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-25316","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-the-sabbats-and-the-old-craft"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25316","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25316"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25316\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25317,"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25316\/revisions\/25317"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25316"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25316"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25316"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}