{"id":1073,"date":"2009-12-21T17:03:22","date_gmt":"2009-12-22T00:03:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/silenceoftheclams.com\/blog\/?p=1073"},"modified":"2009-12-21T17:03:22","modified_gmt":"2009-12-22T00:03:22","slug":"happy-winter-solstice-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/silenceoftheclams.com\/blog\/2009\/12\/happy-winter-solstice-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Happy Winter Solstice"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/nworiginals.com\/clams\/wint.jpg\" alt=\"Happy Winter Solstice\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Today the sun is at it&#8217;s lowest pint on the horizon, giving us the <em class=\"b\">shortest day of the year<\/em>.  The word &#8220;Solstice&#8221; is derived from the Latin phrase for &#8220;sun stands still.&#8221;<br \/>\nTomorrow the days will begin getting longer&#8230;       Are you settling in to enjoy winter?  It does have it&#8217;s own, special beauty.   <\/p>\n<p>Are you doing anything to celebrate or mark the arrival and passing of the solstice?   Perhaps you can celebrate by enjoying this video &#8211; a <em class=\"b\">Winter Solstice Meditation<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><object width=\"500\" height=\"405\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/HQ6GwzN3VWs&#038;hl=en_US&#038;fs=1&#038;rel=0&#038;color1=0x006699&#038;color2=0x54abd6&#038;border=1\"><\/param><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\"><\/param><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\"><\/param><embed src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/HQ6GwzN3VWs&#038;hl=en_US&#038;fs=1&#038;rel=0&#038;color1=0x006699&#038;color2=0x54abd6&#038;border=1\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" width=\"500\" height=\"405\"><\/embed><\/object><\/p>\n<p><em class=\"b\">I love the stillness of winter.<\/em>  It doesn&#8217;t last long &#8211; and it is often colder than I&#8217;d like, but there is something quite remarkable and centering about a quiet, still winter night &#8211; especially with snowfall.  I&#8217;m especially enjoying the <em class=\"b\">twinkling lights<\/em> on my tree and the<em class=\"b\"> glow of candles <\/em>each night.    <\/p>\n<p>You?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today the sun is at it&#8217;s lowest pint on the horizon, giving us the shortest day of the year. The word &#8220;Solstice&#8221; is derived from the Latin phrase for &#8220;sun stands still.&#8221; Tomorrow the days will begin getting longer&#8230; Are you settling in to enjoy winter? It does have it&#8217;s own, special beauty. Are you &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/silenceoftheclams.com\/blog\/2009\/12\/happy-winter-solstice-2\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Happy Winter Solstice<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[89,38,103,104,102,101],"class_list":["post-1073","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-celebrate","tag-light","tag-meditate","tag-meditation","tag-solstice","tag-winter"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/silenceoftheclams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1073","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/silenceoftheclams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/silenceoftheclams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/silenceoftheclams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/silenceoftheclams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1073"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/silenceoftheclams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1073\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1080,"href":"https:\/\/silenceoftheclams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1073\/revisions\/1080"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/silenceoftheclams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1073"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/silenceoftheclams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1073"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/silenceoftheclams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1073"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}