{"id":7835,"date":"2022-06-03T07:15:27","date_gmt":"2022-06-03T14:15:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nestuccaspitpress.com\/blog\/?p=7835"},"modified":"2022-06-03T07:15:28","modified_gmt":"2022-06-03T14:15:28","slug":"of-thinking-of-rain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nestuccaspitpress.com\/blog\/of-walking-in-rain\/of-thinking-of-rain\/","title":{"rendered":"Of Thinking of Rain"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--themify_builder_content-->\n<div id=\"themify_builder_content-7835\" data-postid=\"7835\" class=\"themify_builder_content themify_builder_content-7835 themify_builder tf_clear\">\n    <\/div>\n<!--\/themify_builder_content-->\n\n\n<p>I drove many miles to see an old friend Gary before he passes away. Before our meeting, I visited a jetty near his home and watched ospreys diving into the roiling Rogue River. Ospreys remind me of my friend because he knew all about them. He had a great osprey story and how many of us can say that?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The drive was worth it. We talked of birds and squirrels and other wildlife creatures. I was able to assist with chores around the house. I wish I could do more. He is the only falconer I have ever known. I doubt I&#8217;ll meet another one.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I wonder about my own mortality and how my life will end. I hope at Hart&#8217;s Cove, but who knows. One day you have control over such things, then you don&#8217;t.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I am writing this from a great Oregon Tavern Age joint where my friend regaled me with so many great stories, including the one about the osprey. He was perhaps the greatest storyteller I have ever met. Gary is also a great listener, and that might be his greatest trait. So many people never learn to listen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It rained sideways during our visit and double sideways as I write this now overlooking Gary&#8217;s beloved Rogue River.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Gary commented on the rain during our talk. I think he is a great man of Oregon rain. He now rests near a big window that affords a fine view of rain, the ocean, birds and squirrels.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A good final view I would think.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I drove many miles to see an old friend Gary before he passes away. Before our meeting, I visited a jetty near his home and watched ospreys diving into the roiling Rogue River. Ospreys remind me of my friend because he knew all about them. He had a great osprey story and how many of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7836,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7835","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-meditations","category-of-walking-in-rain","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\/7835","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=7835"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.nestuccaspitpress.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7835\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7837,"href":"https:\/\/www.nestuccaspitpress.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7835\/revisions\/7837"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nestuccaspitpress.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7836"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nestuccaspitpress.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7835"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nestuccaspitpress.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7835"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nestuccaspitpress.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7835"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}