{"id":2662,"date":"2023-06-30T08:49:04","date_gmt":"2023-06-30T12:49:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mm.kapn.net\/index.php\/2023\/06\/30\/a-happy-place\/"},"modified":"2023-06-30T08:49:04","modified_gmt":"2023-06-30T12:49:04","slug":"a-happy-place","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mm.kapn.net\/index.php\/2023\/06\/30\/a-happy-place\/","title":{"rendered":"A happy place"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Still lots of rough moments at unexpected and unwelcome times, but it becomes normalized over time and that makes it easier to just enjoy the in between times. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I start every morning that I\u2019m at home with a trip to my local caf\u00e9. It is definitely one of my happy places even if I don\u2019t have the same engaged local crowd as I used to. There are a solid bunch of neighbours who are, well, neighbourly. The garden there is lovely, and I particularly love the redbud tree that shades more and more of the patio each year. It has suffered some street violence over the years, having a branch twisted off, but it has recovered and is a very generous being, offering remarkable pink blossoms in late spring and a reddish canopy through the summer and fall. It helps me remember that, even broken, recovery is possible and I have gifts to contribute regardless. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I don\u2019t do it often, but it is lovely to lie back on the bench here at Sumach Espresso and look up through the leaves at the sky above. Not much else I can do when I\u2019m laying prone, so it becomes a magical moment of nothing, of just being. For someone who generally feels like he needs to be doing, it is a small happy place. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"769\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/mm.kapn.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/img_4333-769x1024.jpg\" class=\"wp-image-2660\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mm.kapn.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/img_4333-769x1024.jpg 769w, https:\/\/mm.kapn.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/img_4333-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/mm.kapn.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/img_4333-768x1022.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mm.kapn.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/img_4333-1154x1536.jpg 1154w, https:\/\/mm.kapn.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/img_4333-1539x2048.jpg 1539w, https:\/\/mm.kapn.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/img_4333-scaled.jpg 1538w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 769px) 100vw, 769px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><em>I\u2019m happily wearing my new t-shirt today. It seems particularly apt for my life right now. <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Still lots of rough moments at unexpected and unwelcome times, but it becomes normalized over time and that makes it easier to just enjoy the in between times. I start every morning that I\u2019m at home with a trip to my local caf\u00e9. 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