{"id":15164,"date":"2015-12-16T09:02:09","date_gmt":"2015-12-16T17:02:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spijue.wpengine.com\/news\/writers-weir-orderly-transfer-of-power\/"},"modified":"2015-12-16T09:02:09","modified_gmt":"2015-12-16T17:02:09","slug":"writers-weir-orderly-transfer-of-power","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.juneauempire.com\/life\/writers-weir-orderly-transfer-of-power\/","title":{"rendered":"Writers&#8217; Weir: Orderly Transfer of Power"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Splitting chain-sawed hemlock rounds<br \/>on a drizzly November day, I imagine<br \/>woodstove heat chasing January\u2019s chill.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>An orange extension cord connects my splitter<br \/>with miles of lines to where power is stripped<br \/>from water roaring through humming turbines.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>I watch the splitter\u2019s wedge edge<br \/>forward with a soft mechanical purr<br \/>until the round cracks with a muffled pop.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>I try to reconcile the subdued power<br \/>of the edging wedge with the spinning<br \/>of the distant turbines.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>\u2022 Richard Stokes, a Juneau resident since 1971, writes about nature, which he loves, and aging, which he is doing.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Splitting chain-sawed hemlock roundson a drizzly November day, I imaginewoodstove heat chasing January\u2019s chill. &nbsp; An orange extension cord connects my splitterwith miles of lines to where power is strippedfrom water roaring through humming turbines. &nbsp; I watch the splitter\u2019s wedge edgeforward with a soft mechanical purruntil the round cracks with a muffled pop. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":107,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_stopmodifiedupdate":false,"_modified_date":"","wds_primary_category":7,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[74],"yst_prominent_words":[],"class_list":["post-15164","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-life","tag-arts-and-culture"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.juneauempire.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15164","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.juneauempire.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.juneauempire.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.juneauempire.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/107"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.juneauempire.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15164"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.juneauempire.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15164\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.juneauempire.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15164"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.juneauempire.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15164"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.juneauempire.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15164"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.juneauempire.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=15164"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}