{"id":1168,"date":"2003-01-03T15:11:24","date_gmt":"2003-01-03T22:11:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/8stars.org\/aa\/2003\/01\/03\/an-early-spring\/"},"modified":"2003-01-03T15:11:24","modified_gmt":"2003-01-03T22:11:24","slug":"an-early-spring","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/8stars.org\/a\/2003\/01\/03\/an-early-spring\/","title":{"rendered":"An early spring"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The new year is only three days old, and despite a mild freeze last night, it feels like spring. I noticed the mountain laurel outside Gwen&#8217;s place was covered in buds this morning. When I got home, I discovered that, despite my utter lack of care for the garden, the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.crossroads.net\/a\/archives\/iris.php\">iris<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.crossroads.net\/a\/archives\/rose.php\">rose<\/a>, and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.crossroads.net\/a\/archives\/skyflower.php\">skyflower<\/a> were all in bloom.<\/p>\n<p>The &#8220;akemashite&#8221; in the Japanese new-year&#8217;s greeting, <i>akemashite omedetou<\/i> is a homophone for the word for &#8220;opening.&#8221; That seems especially apt right now.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The new year is only three days old, and despite a mild freeze last night, it feels like spring. I noticed the mountain laurel outside Gwen&#8217;s place was covered in buds this morning. 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