{"id":67948,"date":"2025-05-04T06:53:52","date_gmt":"2025-05-04T06:53:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/?p=67948"},"modified":"2025-05-04T07:02:48","modified_gmt":"2025-05-04T07:02:48","slug":"perchance-i-met-a-lady","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/2025\/05\/perchance-i-met-a-lady\/","title":{"rendered":"Perchance I met a lady"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Perchance I met a lady<\/p>\n<p>on the face of it, that day<\/p>\n<p>Her car had developed problems<\/p>\n<p>inconveniently I\u2019d say<\/p>\n<p>living in an ancient cottage<\/p>\n<p>up a secluded lane<\/p>\n<p>I went to see a room she offered<\/p>\n<p>Hoping \u00a0I would gain<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>a foothold into luxury<\/p>\n<p>in a setting where the wild<\/p>\n<p>was closer than I had been use to<\/p>\n<p>up some stairs which could have riled<\/p>\n<p>this child who felt \u00a0he was able<\/p>\n<p>to just get anywhere<\/p>\n<p>but this dear lass knew better<\/p>\n<p>and dismissed him<\/p>\n<p>for deep down she did care<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>a kindness born of \u00a0thoughtfulness<\/p>\n<p>a softness emanation<\/p>\n<p>she told me of a flat she owned<\/p>\n<p>And, of its location<\/p>\n<p>finding out I was sleeping rough<\/p>\n<p>in the forest green<\/p>\n<p>she pulled out all the stops for me<\/p>\n<p>truly she serene<\/p>\n<p>helped me out of a stressful state<\/p>\n<p>by offering it to me<\/p>\n<p>being kind and thoughtful<\/p>\n<p>thats what Katie did you see<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>despite her woes and troubles<\/p>\n<p>Her heart was truthfully<\/p>\n<p>sanctioned by the beloved<\/p>\n<p>and in essence she did see<\/p>\n<p>another persons path was overgrown<\/p>\n<p>and fit to be<\/p>\n<p>a struggle, so she helped him<\/p>\n<p>with her profound \u00a0constancy<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>So \u00a0from the wooded rigours<\/p>\n<p>she saved my dignity<\/p>\n<p>she offered me this splendid flat<\/p>\n<p>and moved out<\/p>\n<p>Seemingly<\/p>\n<p>that honestly is magical<\/p>\n<p>a realm one seldom spots<\/p>\n<p>Going the extra mile for someone<\/p>\n<p>really tells us lots.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Perchance I met a lady on the face of it, that day Her car had developed problems inconveniently I\u2019d say living in an ancient cottage up a secluded lane I went to see a room she offered Hoping \u00a0I would &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/2025\/05\/perchance-i-met-a-lady\/\">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":[54],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-67948","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-people-i-have-observed"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67948","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=67948"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67948\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":67952,"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67948\/revisions\/67952"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=67948"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=67948"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=67948"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}