{"id":83910,"date":"2026-04-19T04:48:39","date_gmt":"2026-04-19T12:48:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/privatenook.com\/?p=83910"},"modified":"2026-04-19T04:48:39","modified_gmt":"2026-04-19T12:48:39","slug":"rise-up-or-dig-in","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/privatenook.com\/?p=83910","title":{"rendered":"Rise up or Dig in"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Societal hope permeates <br>Like steam from good coffee<br>Building a sense of relief <br>The kids fold into city life<br>Brotherly love of music and murals<br>Back in the arms of my craft circle<br>Swimming in ingenuity and culture<br>Freedom of rapid transportation<br>Gives ease to growing independence <br>Fearless Opportunity <br>Sculling Rivers<br>Urban Gardens<br>Neighborhood cheesesteaks  <br>Fresh Produce <br>Punk Rock Flea Markets<br>I flirt with teaching <br>Work in my industry <br>And create magical moments.<br>With like minded friends. <br><br>Vs<br><br>Held in a quiet space<br>Reflecting on nature<br>Remote &amp; Camped<br>He is 18, she is 14<br>Fishing the ponds <br>Raised in the distance <br>Nestled in the remaining oaks<br>The deer stare blankly <br>Foxes skirt the perimeter<br>Working remotely<br>Dipping in and out of society <br>Renting out rooms<br>To more open minds   <br>Protected by solitude <br>Yearning yet again<br>For next steps<br>I dig into the earth <br>To create healing art <br>Commune with the ether<br>The seasons turn over <br>One after the other. <br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/privatenook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/IMG_8200-scaled.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/privatenook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/IMG_8200-768x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-83915\" srcset=\"https:\/\/privatenook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/IMG_8200-768x1024.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/privatenook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/IMG_8200-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/privatenook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/IMG_8200-1152x1536.jpeg 1152w, https:\/\/privatenook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/IMG_8200-1536x2048.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/privatenook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/IMG_8200-scaled.jpeg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Societal hope permeates Like steam from good coffeeBuilding a sense of relief The kids fold into city lifeBrotherly love of music and muralsBack in the arms of my craft circleSwimming in ingenuity and cultureFreedom of rapid transportationGives ease to growing &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/privatenook.com\/?p=83910\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-83910","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-the-beginning"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/privatenook.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83910","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/privatenook.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/privatenook.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/privatenook.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/privatenook.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=83910"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/privatenook.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83910\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":83916,"href":"https:\/\/privatenook.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83910\/revisions\/83916"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/privatenook.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=83910"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/privatenook.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=83910"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/privatenook.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=83910"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}<!-- WP Super Cache is installed but broken. The constant WPCACHEHOME must be set in the file wp-config.php and point at the WP Super Cache plugin directory. -->