{"id":15804,"date":"2026-02-04T19:59:10","date_gmt":"2026-02-04T19:59:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/breanamarie.com\/playground\/?page_id=15804"},"modified":"2026-02-04T20:01:26","modified_gmt":"2026-02-04T20:01:26","slug":"musings","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/breanamarie.com\/playground\/books\/musings\/","title":{"rendered":"The Write Spot: Musings and Ravings From a Pandemic Year"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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The Write Spot: Musings and Ravings From a Pandemic Year<\/em> captures the essence and emotions of a tumultuous year.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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A Little Sweetness by Cheryl Moore<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

So many crises, one piled on another. How do I not sink under their weight?

I walk to the river almost every day, where I try to observe as much of nature as possible \u2013 birds, trees, gardens, the mood of the river\u2019s flow. All these take me away from the daily drumbeat of the news. 

Yesterday I saw a night heron perched on a tree branch overhanging the water. He eyed me as I walked slowly by. I tried to reassure him I meant no harm. Just seeing him was a gift bestowed by the river.

Today an egret stood at attention on the far bank, ducks flew overhead, a crow in the street worked at cracking a walnut with his beak.

All these small details, these miracles of life around me, comfort me. Tomorrow, the next day and the day after, I hope to keep my eye on what is important to me. National and international events are important, not to be ignored, but within myself, I need a little sweetness to fight the bitterness.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

The Write Spot: Musings and Ravings From a Pandemic Year is available for $15 at\u00a0Amazon<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Copperfield’s Books in Petaluma<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0as an ereader.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Write Spot: Musings and Ravings From a Pandemic Year captures the essence and emotions of a tumultuous year. A Little Sweetness by Cheryl Moore So many crises, one piled on another. How do I not sink under their weight? I walk to the river almost every day, where I try to observe as much of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":15805,"parent":14051,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"single-book","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-15804","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/breanamarie.com\/playground\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/15804","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/breanamarie.com\/playground\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/breanamarie.com\/playground\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/breanamarie.com\/playground\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/breanamarie.com\/playground\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15804"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/breanamarie.com\/playground\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/15804\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15809,"href":"https:\/\/breanamarie.com\/playground\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/15804\/revisions\/15809"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/breanamarie.com\/playground\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/14051"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/breanamarie.com\/playground\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15805"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/breanamarie.com\/playground\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15804"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}