{"id":23,"date":"2024-10-23T15:08:30","date_gmt":"2024-10-23T15:08:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bbharvey.com\/blog\/blog\/"},"modified":"2026-04-16T17:14:21","modified_gmt":"2026-04-17T00:14:21","slug":"blog","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/bbharvey.com\/blog\/blog\/","title":{"rendered":"Blog"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-query alignfull is-layout-flow wp-block-query-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-2252d739 wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40);padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40)\"><ul style=\"text-transform:none\" class=\"wp-block-post-template is-layout-flow wp-block-post-template-is-layout-flow\"><li class=\"wp-block-post post-143 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-family category-poetry\">\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-content-justification-left is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-15cdba68 wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-vertical is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-10d38f8c wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\" style=\"padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--80)\"><div style=\"font-size:0.9rem;letter-spacing:1px;margin-top:0;margin-right:0;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0\" class=\"has-text-align-left has-link-color wp-elements-ac2287e58ff1ab9b47e701aaabe2723e wp-block-post-date has-text-color has-contrast-color\"><time datetime=\"2025-08-09T20:57:36-07:00\">8\/9\/2025<\/time><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0\"><h1 style=\"font-size:3rem;font-style:normal;font-weight:400;line-height:1\" class=\"has-link-color wp-elements-23201f95d73a2c6acfb99242a367430f wp-block-post-title has-text-color has-contrast-color\"><a href=\"https:\/\/bbharvey.com\/blog\/for-carol\/\" target=\"_self\" >For Carol<\/a><\/h1>\n\n<div style=\"line-height:1.7\" class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt has-small-font-size\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\">To the love of my life on our 51st anniversary. She Walks in Beauty BY&nbsp;LORD BYRON (GEORGE GORDON) She walks in beauty, like the nightOf cloudless climes and starry skies;And all that\u2019s best of dark and brightMeet in her aspect and her eyes;Thus mellowed to that tender lightWhich heaven to gaudy day denies. One shade&hellip;<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__more-text\"><a class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/bbharvey.com\/blog\/for-carol\/\">Read more of this post<\/a><\/p><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<\/li><li class=\"wp-block-post post-106 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-poetry\">\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-content-justification-left is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-15cdba68 wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-vertical is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-10d38f8c wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\" style=\"padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--80)\"><div style=\"font-size:0.9rem;letter-spacing:1px;margin-top:0;margin-right:0;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0\" class=\"has-text-align-left has-link-color wp-elements-ac2287e58ff1ab9b47e701aaabe2723e wp-block-post-date has-text-color has-contrast-color\"><time datetime=\"2025-02-10T21:51:19-08:00\">2\/10\/2025<\/time><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0\"><h1 style=\"font-size:3rem;font-style:normal;font-weight:400;line-height:1\" class=\"has-link-color wp-elements-23201f95d73a2c6acfb99242a367430f wp-block-post-title has-text-color has-contrast-color\"><a href=\"https:\/\/bbharvey.com\/blog\/on-children\/\" target=\"_self\" >On Children<\/a><\/h1>\n\n<div style=\"line-height:1.7\" class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt has-small-font-size\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\">Your children are not your children. They are the sons and daughters of Life&#8217;s longing for itself. They come through you but not from you, And though they are with you yet they belong not to you.<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__more-text\"><a class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/bbharvey.com\/blog\/on-children\/\">Read more of this post<\/a><\/p><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<\/li><li class=\"wp-block-post post-93 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-poetry tag-aging tag-poetry\">\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-content-justification-left is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-15cdba68 wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-vertical is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-10d38f8c wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\" style=\"padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--80)\"><div style=\"font-size:0.9rem;letter-spacing:1px;margin-top:0;margin-right:0;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0\" class=\"has-text-align-left has-link-color wp-elements-ac2287e58ff1ab9b47e701aaabe2723e wp-block-post-date has-text-color has-contrast-color\"><time datetime=\"2025-01-14T22:29:26-08:00\">1\/14\/2025<\/time><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0\"><h1 style=\"font-size:3rem;font-style:normal;font-weight:400;line-height:1\" class=\"has-link-color wp-elements-23201f95d73a2c6acfb99242a367430f wp-block-post-title has-text-color has-contrast-color\"><a href=\"https:\/\/bbharvey.com\/blog\/on-getting-older\/\" target=\"_self\" >On Getting Older<\/a><\/h1>\n\n<div style=\"line-height:1.7\" class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt has-small-font-size\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\">Do not go gentle into that good night, Old age should burn and rave at close of day; Rage, rage against the dying of the light.<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__more-text\"><a class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/bbharvey.com\/blog\/on-getting-older\/\">Read more of this post<\/a><\/p><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-content-justification-left is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-672622a4 wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;padding-top:0;padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40)\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"no-title","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-23","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bbharvey.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/23","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bbharvey.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bbharvey.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bbharvey.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bbharvey.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/bbharvey.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/23\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":175,"href":"https:\/\/bbharvey.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/23\/revisions\/175"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bbharvey.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}