{"id":18692,"date":"2015-10-28T08:01:28","date_gmt":"2015-10-28T15:01:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spijue.wpengine.com\/news\/writers-weir-ski-bummin\/"},"modified":"2015-10-28T08:01:28","modified_gmt":"2015-10-28T15:01:28","slug":"writers-weir-ski-bummin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.juneauempire.com\/life\/writers-weir-ski-bummin\/","title":{"rendered":"Writers Weir: Ski Bummin&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Ski Bummin&#8217;&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Breaths of wintery-cool air<br \/>And I am antsy for a powder year<br \/>As snowflakes float<br \/>In hesitant freefall<br \/>Laying thruway<br \/>For backcountry or black diamond<br \/>This season\u2019s pass<br \/>Greets high elevation recreation<br \/>Brimming of youthful adventure<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>With new towns to delve into<br \/>And friends who\u2019ll hearten my soul<br \/>Time finds me amongst<br \/>Brewery and open-mic<br \/>Resting hearthside amidst<br \/>Lodges of steaming tubs<br \/>Familiar faces at lodge and lift<br \/>While carried by chairs toward heaven<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Disembarking into silent<br \/>Snow-logged forests<br \/>And riding white surf all day<br \/>Amidst masked trails<br \/>Of wind-shaped trees<br \/>Conquering territory<br \/>With speed and fundamentals<br \/>Bombing chutes, hopping moguls<br \/>And carving a mundane crust<br \/>Welcoming ice<br \/>Jumps and fall lines<br \/>My muscles hard from work<br \/>Exploring alpines<br \/>Of statuesque peaks<br \/>And the changing weather<br \/>Then renews the experience<br \/>As my skis become bodily extensions<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The present is focal<br \/>Preserving juvenescence<br \/>Another season<br \/>Another mountain<br \/>Each year to be discovered.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>Amy Pinney is a long-time Juneau resident who has skied and snowboarded at Eaglecrest Ski Resort since age 5 and Mighty Mites. Winter is a prized season in her family with her young kids now attending Wee Ski programs.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ski Bummin&#8217;&nbsp; Breaths of wintery-cool airAnd I am antsy for a powder yearAs snowflakes floatIn hesitant freefallLaying thruwayFor backcountry or black diamondThis season\u2019s passGreets high elevation recreationBrimming of youthful adventure &nbsp; With new towns to delve intoAnd friends who\u2019ll hearten my soulTime finds me amongstBrewery and open-micResting hearthside amidstLodges of steaming tubsFamiliar faces at lodge [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":107,"featured_media":18693,"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-18692","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-life","tag-arts-and-culture"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.juneauempire.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18692","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=18692"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.juneauempire.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18692\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.juneauempire.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18693"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.juneauempire.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18692"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.juneauempire.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18692"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.juneauempire.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18692"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.juneauempire.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=18692"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}