America’s \u201cHorse with No Name\u201d has perhaps the only triple negative in pop music history.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I will soon be making my once-a-year\npea soup in the crock pot my mother gave me 35 years ago. \n<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I am thinking about lost friends who\nwere once dear to me. One in particular. \n<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I am thinking I need a shave. \n<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I am thinking about a job I just lost\nbecause I worked too well. \n<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I decorated my domicile with ancient\nChristmas decorations. If it lifts one distressed spirit in these\ndistressed American times, then I will smile, but of course, I will\nnever know the result of my effort. That’s the whole point. \n<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I gave my two favorite baristas, a\nbrother and sister, a copy of a Christmas story that I thought might\nprovide levity when they have a break from serving angry, embittered\nTrump supporters. \n<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I really love Nat King Cole’s voice. \n<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I love writing Christmas tales. I love\nthe originality of this literary endeavor, which of course is not\noriginal at all. I don’t know any other writers writing adult\nChristmas tales. We need them more than ever. \n<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I truly loathe Quentin T films. I say\nthat because I have to listen to one of them as I write this.\nEverything he ever wrote for film that I’ve seen was phony or\nwillfully derivative. What kind of legacy is that? He got rich doing\nso. He’s never made one film that enriched the human condition. Or\nexplored the dark side of it in authentic fashion. Sure…hit men\nquote the Old Testament <\/em>while making a hit. \n<\/p>\n\n\n\n I want to explore a secret estuary\nsoon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n I keep hoping someone will surprise me\nthis holiday season. \n<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" America’s \u201cHorse with No Name\u201d has perhaps the only triple negative in pop music history. I will soon be making my once-a-year pea soup in the crock pot my mother gave me 35 years ago. I am thinking about lost friends who were once dear to me. One in particular. I am thinking I need […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5602,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5601","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-meditations","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\/5601","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=5601"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.nestuccaspitpress.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5601\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5604,"href":"https:\/\/www.nestuccaspitpress.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5601\/revisions\/5604"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nestuccaspitpress.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5602"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nestuccaspitpress.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5601"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nestuccaspitpress.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5601"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nestuccaspitpress.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5601"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}