{"id":16788,"date":"2023-08-22T00:43:37","date_gmt":"2023-08-22T05:43:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tom-lehr.com\/blog\/?p=16788"},"modified":"2023-08-22T00:43:41","modified_gmt":"2023-08-22T05:43:41","slug":"this-is-the-beauty-of-being-alone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tom-lehr.com\/blog\/2023\/08\/22\/this-is-the-beauty-of-being-alone\/","title":{"rendered":"This is the beauty of being alone"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tom-lehr.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/DSCF2376.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tom-lehr.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/DSCF2376-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"toward the end of summer:\" class=\"wp-image-16789\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tom-lehr.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/DSCF2376-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.tom-lehr.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/DSCF2376-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.tom-lehr.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/DSCF2376-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.tom-lehr.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/DSCF2376-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.tom-lehr.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/DSCF2376-75x50.jpg 75w, https:\/\/www.tom-lehr.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/DSCF2376.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">toward the end of summer:<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tom-lehr.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/P8210249.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tom-lehr.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/P8210249-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"a dozen stray animals asleep on the porch\" class=\"wp-image-16790\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tom-lehr.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/P8210249-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.tom-lehr.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/P8210249-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.tom-lehr.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/P8210249-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.tom-lehr.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/P8210249.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">a dozen stray animals asleep on the porch<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tom-lehr.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/DSCF2380.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tom-lehr.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/DSCF2380-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"in the shade of my feet,\" class=\"wp-image-16791\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tom-lehr.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/DSCF2380-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.tom-lehr.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/DSCF2380-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.tom-lehr.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/DSCF2380-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.tom-lehr.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/DSCF2380-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.tom-lehr.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/DSCF2380-75x50.jpg 75w, https:\/\/www.tom-lehr.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/DSCF2380.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">in the shade of my feet,<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tom-lehr.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/DSCF2390.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tom-lehr.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/DSCF2390-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"and the smell of leaves burning\" class=\"wp-image-16792\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tom-lehr.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/DSCF2390-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.tom-lehr.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/DSCF2390-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.tom-lehr.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/DSCF2390-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.tom-lehr.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/DSCF2390-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.tom-lehr.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/DSCF2390-75x50.jpg 75w, https:\/\/www.tom-lehr.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/DSCF2390.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">and the smell of leaves burning<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tom-lehr.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/DSCF2402.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tom-lehr.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/DSCF2402-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"in another neighborhood. \u2014James Tate\" class=\"wp-image-16793\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tom-lehr.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/DSCF2402-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.tom-lehr.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/DSCF2402-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.tom-lehr.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/DSCF2402-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.tom-lehr.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/DSCF2402-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.tom-lehr.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/DSCF2402-75x50.jpg 75w, https:\/\/www.tom-lehr.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/DSCF2402.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">in another neighborhood.<br\/><em>\u2014James Tate<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":16789,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16788","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.tom-lehr.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/DSCF2376.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tom-lehr.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16788","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tom-lehr.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tom-lehr.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tom-lehr.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tom-lehr.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16788"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.tom-lehr.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16788\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16794,"href":"https:\/\/www.tom-lehr.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16788\/revisions\/16794"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tom-lehr.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16789"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tom-lehr.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16788"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tom-lehr.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16788"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tom-lehr.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16788"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}