{"id":6946,"date":"2021-04-20T06:33:32","date_gmt":"2021-04-20T13:33:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nestuccaspitpress.com\/blog\/?p=6946"},"modified":"2026-11-02T18:11:59","modified_gmt":"2026-11-02T18:11:59","slug":"sunday-horseshoes-in-the-park","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nestuccaspitpress.com\/blog\/sunday-horseshoes-in-the-park\/","title":{"rendered":"Sunday Horseshoes in the Park"},"content":{"rendered":"<!-- wp:themify-builder\/canvas \/-->\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The squeaking of a swing<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Geese honking<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A motor boat growling<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Dogs barking<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Skateboards clacking<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The rush of vehicles on the bridge<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Hummingbirds brawling<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A mother scolding a child<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Cedars swaying<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Daises in the grass<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Cherry trees blooming<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Teenagers posting videos<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Gulls gliding<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Families fishing<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A balloon escaping a birthday party<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A date in progress<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A horseshoe park with 36 pits<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">and no one playing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">One gets the idea that horseshoes were a big deal here,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">a long time ago,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">in the days of canasta and bowling<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There are even bleachers!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Imagine that. Horseshoe spectators!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">What was said while they watched?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A lost poetry, for sure.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The squeaking of a swing Geese honking A motor boat growling Dogs barking Skateboards clacking The rush of vehicles on the bridge Hummingbirds brawling A mother scolding a child Cedars swaying Daises in the grass Cherry trees blooming Teenagers posting videos Gulls gliding Families fishing A balloon escaping a birthday party A date in progress [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6947,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6946","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-meditations","has-post-title","has-post-date","has-post-category","has-post-tag","has-post-comment","has-post-author",""],"builder_content":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nestuccaspitpress.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6946","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nestuccaspitpress.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nestuccaspitpress.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nestuccaspitpress.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nestuccaspitpress.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6946"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/nestuccaspitpress.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6946\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10543,"href":"https:\/\/nestuccaspitpress.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6946\/revisions\/10543"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nestuccaspitpress.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6946"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nestuccaspitpress.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6946"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nestuccaspitpress.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6946"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}