{"id":6327,"date":"2014-03-02T21:04:41","date_gmt":"2014-03-03T04:04:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=6327"},"modified":"2014-03-02T21:04:41","modified_gmt":"2014-03-03T04:04:41","slug":"new-moon-pine-tree","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=6327","title":{"rendered":"New Moon, Pine Tree"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.chasclifton.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/moonthrupine.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-6328 aligncenter\" alt=\"moonthrupine\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.chasclifton.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/moonthrupine.jpg?resize=518%2C371&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"518\" height=\"371\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.chasclifton.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/moonthrupine.jpg?w=576&amp;ssl=1 576w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.chasclifton.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/moonthrupine.jpg?resize=150%2C107&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.chasclifton.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/moonthrupine.jpg?resize=300%2C214&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 518px) 100vw, 518px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nSome months I am so <em>relieved<\/em> to see the New Moon, and this is one of them.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Some months I am so relieved to see the New Moon, and this is one of them.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[166],"class_list":["post-6327","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-moon"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6xQTg-1E3","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":307,"url":"https:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=307","url_meta":{"origin":6327,"position":0},"title":"Road trip When I came\u2026","author":"Chas S. 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