{"id":1505,"date":"2014-03-26T14:59:50","date_gmt":"2014-03-26T14:59:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.nielskunze.com\/?p=1505"},"modified":"2014-03-26T19:18:45","modified_gmt":"2014-03-26T19:18:45","slug":"the-daily-forest-report-march-26-2014-like-marbles-on-a-hardwood-floor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.nielskunze.com\/?p=1505","title":{"rendered":"The Daily Forest Report March 26, 2014 Like Marbles on a Hardwood Floor"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>How&#8217;s your footing these days? What&#8217;s your under<em>stand<\/em>ing?<\/p>\n<p>Is it just me, or is the television news and the &#8220;events&#8221; therein described resembling more and more a bad episode of the Three Stooges? I know, I know\u2026 there&#8217;s no such thing as a bad episode of the Three Stooges! And I must fully admit that the number of stooges far exceeds three!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.nielskunze.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Screen-Shot-2014-03-26-at-8.55.29-AM.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.nielskunze.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Screen-Shot-2014-03-26-at-8.55.29-AM.png\" alt=\"Screen Shot 2014-03-26 at 8.55.29 AM\" width=\"1186\" height=\"667\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-1506\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.nielskunze.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Screen-Shot-2014-03-26-at-8.55.29-AM.png 1186w, https:\/\/blog.nielskunze.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Screen-Shot-2014-03-26-at-8.55.29-AM-300x168.png 300w, https:\/\/blog.nielskunze.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Screen-Shot-2014-03-26-at-8.55.29-AM-1024x575.png 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1186px) 100vw, 1186px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Lately we&#8217;ve been doing the full circuit. Even on the treacherous &#8220;Tibetan Trail&#8221; most of the snow has melted, so it at least makes the descent into the river valley possible\u2026 I just have to choose my footing carefully\u2026 while Sitka chases tumbling rocks around my feet, thinking it&#8217;s all just a marvellous game.<\/p>\n<p>But surface appearances can be deceiving. Just because the trail presents itself as bare ground doesn&#8217;t mean it lends itself to careless ease. Depending on the places where the sun manages to filter through the trees\u2026 or not, the bare ground is either frozen solid&#8211; and hence resembling marbles on a hardwood floor&#8211; or else there&#8217;s lovely patches of mud which are every bit as slippery as plain ice. My bum is muddy!<\/p>\n<p>Maybe I should just close my eyes and tuck and roll! Naw, that&#8217;s just a copout. &#8220;Before jumping to any conclusions, caution is advised.&#8221; Who said that? The quiet still voice within&#8211; oh yeah, that know-it-all!<\/p>\n<p>I know you&#8217;ve heard it all before\u2026 numerous times, but things are not as they appear. Just check it against your innards. Doesn&#8217;t it perhaps feel like your pancreas has gotten fed up and moved residence into your left elbow, while your liver decided to give &#8216;er, claiming the space from where your pancreas just bugged out, all according to some obscure code written in magic invisible spy ink in your &#8220;junk&#8221; DNA? No? Hm, maybe it&#8217;s just me. I feel\u2026 <em>rearranged<\/em>\u2026<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Look Ma! I&#8217;m being the change\u2026!&#8221; I&#8217;m just not too sure what it all means. Everyone&#8217;s still hawking their propaganda like tomorrow there may be no gullibles left\u2026 Oh, wouldn&#8217;t that be something! People stopped buying the shit\u2026 and the whole world lived happily ever after.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How&#8217;s your footing these days? What&#8217;s your understanding? Is it just me, or is the television news and the &#8220;events&#8221; therein described resembling more and more a bad episode of the Three Stooges? 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