{"id":4809,"date":"2020-03-24T14:28:39","date_gmt":"2020-03-24T21:28:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.harperkingsley.net\/blog\/?p=4809"},"modified":"2023-10-17T23:33:15","modified_gmt":"2023-10-18T06:33:15","slug":"introspective-grass","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harperkingsley.net\/blog\/introspective-grass\/","title":{"rendered":"Introspective Grass"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-twitter wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Is the grass, mowed down by a hungry cat, happy that it will live longer, or sad that it will never go to seed? The cat is contented. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/XG6e2sZUvS\">pic.twitter.com\/XG6e2sZUvS<\/a><\/p>&mdash; The Pragmatic HarperWCK\/Harper Kingsley 2 the best (@HarperKingsley0) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/HarperKingsley0\/status\/1242543721142308865?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 24, 2020<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Is the grass, mowed down by a hungry cat,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" height=\"1024\" width=\"576\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.harperkingsley.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Screenshot_2020-03-24-13-01-55-01-576x1024.jpeg?resize=576%2C1024\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4813\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>happy that it will live longer,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" height=\"1024\" width=\"576\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.harperkingsley.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Screenshot_2020-03-24-12-56-39-01-576x1024.jpeg?resize=576%2C1024\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4812\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>or sad that it will never go to seed?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" height=\"1024\" width=\"576\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.harperkingsley.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Screenshot_2020-03-24-12-59-59-01-576x1024.jpeg?resize=576%2C1024\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4814\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The cat is contented.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" height=\"1024\" width=\"576\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.harperkingsley.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Screenshot_2020-03-24-13-04-33-01-576x1024.jpeg?resize=576%2C1024\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4815\"\/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Is the grass, mowed down by a hungry cat, happy that it will live longer, or sad that it will never go to seed? The cat is contented.<\/p>\n <a href=\"https:\/\/harperkingsley.net\/blog\/introspective-grass\/\" title=\"Introspective Grass\" class=\"entry-more-link\"><span>Read More<\/span> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Introspective Grass<\/span><\/a>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"Layout":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[54],"tags":[405,597],"class_list":["entry","author-harperkingsley0-0","post-4809","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-quarantainment","tag-introspective-grass","tag-quarantainment"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2pPoL-1fz","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":6866,"url":"https:\/\/harperkingsley.net\/blog\/25-january-2025-2001\/","url_meta":{"origin":4809,"position":0},"title":"25 January, 2025 20:01","author":"Harper Kingsley","date":"January 25, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"Yes. 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