{"id":219002,"date":"2022-09-05T12:00:10","date_gmt":"2022-09-05T11:00:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/?p=219002"},"modified":"2022-09-02T04:40:53","modified_gmt":"2022-09-02T03:40:53","slug":"it-is-a-good-time-to-appreciate-the-insects","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/2022\/09\/it-is-a-good-time-to-appreciate-the-insects\/","title":{"rendered":"It Is a Good Time to Appreciate the Insects"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/butterflies-borboletas-insect.jpeg\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-219003\" src=\"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/butterflies-borboletas-insect-300x185.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"246\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/butterflies-borboletas-insect-300x185.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/butterflies-borboletas-insect-768x473.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/butterflies-borboletas-insect.jpeg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">It is a good time to appreciate the insects<br \/>\nand functioning supply chains<br \/>\nand normal weather<br \/>\nand the fact that there are whales.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">It is a good time to appreciate our loved ones<br \/>\nand tell people what they mean to us<br \/>\nand throw ourselves into romance with wild abandon<br \/>\nand be naked and vulnerable with someone who is gentle.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">It is a good time to live in continuous appreciation<br \/>\nfor the sun on our face<br \/>\nfor the birdsongs in our ears<br \/>\nfor a fresh cup of coffee<br \/>\nfor a child\u2019s laugh<br \/>\nfor a lover\u2019s touch<br \/>\nfor electricity and clean water<br \/>\nfor a visible sky<br \/>\nfor breathable air<br \/>\nfor arable land<br \/>\nfor a living world.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">It is a good time to cherish this orgy of terrestriality<br \/>\nwith everything we\u2019ve got<br \/>\nfor however long it is with us<br \/>\nso that if the time comes to say goodbye<br \/>\nwe can tuck it in lovingly and kiss it goodnight<br \/>\nlike a tired little boy<br \/>\nafter a long day\u2019s play.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><em>1 Sep 2022<\/em><\/p>\n<p>_________________________________________________<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Caitlin-Johnstone.jpg\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-180156\" src=\"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Caitlin-Johnstone.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><em>Caitlin Johnstone is a rogue journalist, poet, and utopia prepper who publishes regularly\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/medium.com\/@caityjohnstone\" >at <\/a><\/em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/medium.com\/@caityjohnstone\" >Medium<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/caitlinjohnstone.com\/2022\/09\/01\/it-is-a-good-time-to-appreciate-the-insects\/\" >Go to Original \u2013 caitlinjohnstone.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It is a good time to appreciate the insects<br \/>\nand functioning supply chains<br \/>\nand normal weather<br \/>\nand the fact that there are whales.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":115837,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[182],"tags":[868],"class_list":["post-219002","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-poetry-format","tag-poetry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/219002","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=219002"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/219002\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/115837"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=219002"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=219002"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=219002"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}