{"id":3054,"date":"2010-11-19T14:34:16","date_gmt":"2010-11-19T19:34:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.silkentent.com\/Trees\/?p=3054"},"modified":"2010-11-19T14:34:16","modified_gmt":"2010-11-19T19:34:16","slug":"a-kind-of-happiness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.silkentent.com\/Trees\/?p=3054","title":{"rendered":"A Kind of Happiness"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-2992\" style=\"margin: 5px;\" title=\"nablopomo102\" src=\"http:\/\/www.silkentent.com\/Trees\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/nablopomo102.jpg\" alt=\"nablopomo102\" width=\"90\" height=\"34\" \/>November 19, 2010<br \/>\nFriday<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>Driving back through valleys,<br \/>\nmountains, one after another, slanted squares<br \/>\nof tilled land, hidden villages, isolate, remote,<br \/>\ndeserted. For miles of late afternoon, the only car<br \/>\non the road. A kind of happiness settles,<br \/>\nfrightening as new eyes.<br \/>\n<\/em>\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00e2\u20ac\u201d Sandra Kohler, b. 1940<br \/>\n\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 American poet<br \/>\n\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 from &#8220;Novembering&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Route 22A near Vergennes, Vermont<br \/>\nNovember 19, 2010<br \/>\nHomeward Bound<\/strong>\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3106\" style=\"border: black 5px solid;\" title=\"nearvergennes1\" src=\"http:\/\/www.silkentent.com\/Trees\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/nearvergennes1.jpg\" alt=\"nearvergennes1\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.silkentent.com\/Trees\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/nearvergennes1.jpg 500w, http:\/\/www.silkentent.com\/Trees\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/nearvergennes1-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em>Love it? 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