{"id":10848,"date":"2021-10-24T07:08:09","date_gmt":"2021-10-24T14:08:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gemtactics.net\/wordpress\/?p=10848"},"modified":"2022-09-16T13:45:19","modified_gmt":"2022-09-16T20:45:19","slug":"welcome-o-fire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gemtactics.net\/wordpress\/2021\/10\/welcome-o-fire\/","title":{"rendered":"Welcome oh fire"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">First fire this morning. We would have had one earlier, but the stove was being maintained by Sam. A special gasket was needed, which took its time getting to us from somewhere. We got a little chilly. I said I wasn&#8217;t wearing my winter coat in the house yet, so we had a ways to go. Actually, I was wearing my winter coat at times upstairs, but I could still function. Anyway, for now, all is warm. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"667\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gemtactics.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/img_3724.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10846\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.gemtactics.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/img_3724.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.gemtactics.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/img_3724-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><figcaption>First fire of the season, overdue<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And the garden is not yet at rest. Still producing a handful of berries for our morning meal. I harvested all the leaf celery yesterday. I&#8217;ll clean, chop, and freeze it today. It will be great to throw into soups and stocks over the winter. Lots of flavor. We had a buttercup squash for dinner that had started to get a little mold on its rind. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gemtactics.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/img_3725.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10847\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.gemtactics.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/img_3725.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.gemtactics.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/img_3725-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.gemtactics.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/img_3725-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.gemtactics.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/img_3725-80x80.jpg 80w, https:\/\/www.gemtactics.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/img_3725-320x320.jpg 320w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><figcaption>Still getting a few fresh berries for breakfast<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Here are some lyrics to a song written by Trevanion Grenfell, a Facebook friend: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Welcome oh Fire<br \/>Welcome oh fire, oh welcome ancestors, we humbly invite you to join us tonight.<br \/>Will you please join us and illuminate us, will you keep our heart and hearth full of light?<br \/>Bright Burning Spirit, we kneel here before you, we love and adore you, please join us tonight.<br \/>In cold and dark shivering, our voices we&#8217;re giving to you as an offering, please hear us tonight.<br \/>Your heat it would ground us, support and surround us, would rest us and bless us and let us delight.<br \/>In all your Bright wisdom, your beauty and kindom, your elegant dancing is welcome tonight.<br \/>Grandmothers and Fathers, Grand Lovers and Elders, Oh all you Ancestors, please join us tonight.<br \/>We&#8217;re eagerly waiting to hear your old stories, your follies and glories are welcome tonight.<br \/>The hearth it is laid for you, full plate and cup wait for you, all of us pray for you, join us tonight!<br \/>Darkness is falling, coyotes are calling, we ask you to bless us with your holy light.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><em>Trevanion Grenfell<\/em><\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>First fire this morning. We would have had one earlier, but the stove was being maintained by Sam. A special gasket was needed, which took its time getting to us from somewhere. 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