{"id":5037,"date":"2019-04-30T06:09:59","date_gmt":"2019-04-30T13:09:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nestuccaspitpress.com\/blog\/?p=5037"},"modified":"2019-04-30T06:10:01","modified_gmt":"2019-04-30T13:10:01","slug":"bonnie-and-clyde-files-launch-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nestuccaspitpress.com\/blog\/meditations\/bonnie-and-clyde-files-launch-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Bonnie and Clyde Files Launch (2)"},"content":{"rendered":"<!-- wp:themify-builder\/canvas \/-->\n\n\n<p>My latest book, <em>The Bonnie and Clyde Files: How Two Senior Dogs Saved a Middle Aged Man <\/em>is out. I invite you to support me and an independent Oregon publisher by purchasing direct from my web site, nestuccaspitpress.com  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Below\nis an excerpt:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I wore the Chuck Taylors into the river\nand Bonnie and Clyde followed me into the water. Wet canvas molded\naround my ankles. The cold felt tight against my skin. I\u2019d\nforgotten the feeling. It made me want to camp with a canvas tent\nagain. More canvas in my life! \n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It was hot and getting hotter. The\nriver barely moved. In fact, nothing seemed to move except a\nmiddle-aged man and two senior dogs. I stopped in the middle of the\nchannel and my mind sauntered: Movement. Movement. Movement. I craved\nmovement in my time of stasis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Inertia had paralyzed me. It had also\noffered unforeseen liberation. By not being able to move forward, I\nhad taken limitless journeys into my heart and mind and the hearts\nand minds of others. I\u2019d taken journeys I never would have\notherwise taken, let alone conceived of taking. Journeys such as to\nthis river with these great dogs. Such as establishing a new\nindomitable friendship with my sister. Such as spending time with my\nparents and hearing their stories. Such as the rediscovery of classic\nnovels and an understanding of why they endure as classics. Such as\npracticing silence and disinterest in the face of noise and\noutlandish agendas. Such as experiencing the tangible health benefits\nof purple cabbage and turmeric. Such as learning how to surface from\nthe shallows of my former life. Such as prospecting for a new voice\nfor my writing and a new form of service to my community.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I heard some splashing and looked\naround. Bonnie had flopped down in the middle of the river and stared\nstraight at me. Clyde had retired to the bank and was snoozing in the\ntall grass. I woke up. \n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We didn\u2019t make it across. Perhaps\nnext time we would.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My latest book, The Bonnie and Clyde Files: How Two Senior Dogs Saved a Middle Aged Man is out. I invite you to support me and an independent Oregon publisher by purchasing direct from my web site, nestuccaspitpress.com Below is an excerpt: I wore the Chuck Taylors into the river and Bonnie and Clyde followed [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5040,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[203,5],"tags":[204,693,900,534],"class_list":["post-5037","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bonnie-and-clyde-files","category-meditations","tag-bonnie-and-clyde","tag-bonnie-and-clyde-files","tag-dog","tag-dog-books","has-post-title","has-post-date","has-post-category","has-post-tag","has-post-comment","has-post-author",""],"builder_content":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nestuccaspitpress.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5037","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nestuccaspitpress.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nestuccaspitpress.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nestuccaspitpress.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nestuccaspitpress.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5037"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.nestuccaspitpress.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5037\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5042,"href":"https:\/\/www.nestuccaspitpress.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5037\/revisions\/5042"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nestuccaspitpress.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5040"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nestuccaspitpress.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5037"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nestuccaspitpress.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5037"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nestuccaspitpress.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5037"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}