{"id":837,"date":"2013-07-29T14:57:08","date_gmt":"2013-07-29T14:57:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.nielskunze.com\/?p=837"},"modified":"2013-07-29T14:57:08","modified_gmt":"2013-07-29T14:57:08","slug":"the-daily-forest-report-july-29-2013-a-tourist-no-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.nielskunze.com\/?p=837","title":{"rendered":"The Daily Forest Report July 29, 2013 A Tourist No More"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Perhaps I&#8217;m beginning to repeat myself already, but perhaps this bears repeating&#8230; I am no mere tourist, a vacationer to the forest; I <em>am<\/em> forest.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Warning!&#8221; shouts Ground Squirrel.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;What?&#8221; comes the reply. &#8220;It&#8217;s only Niels.&#8221; And they continue about their business unconcerned.<\/p>\n<p>Grouse raises her family in so many places I frequent. When I arrive, she pays me as much mind as a rock or a tree. I have to be careful not to accidentally step on her or her children&#8230; she trusts me.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.nielskunze.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/Screen-Shot-2013-07-27-at-4.23.02-PM.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.nielskunze.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/Screen-Shot-2013-07-27-at-4.23.02-PM.png\" alt=\"Screen Shot 2013-07-27 at 4.23.02 PM\" width=\"923\" height=\"496\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-838\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.nielskunze.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/Screen-Shot-2013-07-27-at-4.23.02-PM.png 923w, https:\/\/blog.nielskunze.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/Screen-Shot-2013-07-27-at-4.23.02-PM-300x161.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 923px) 100vw, 923px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Tiny Chipmunk climbs high into the bush because he wishes to look me in the eye. He stares at me from perhaps a foot away, patiently waiting for me to remove my pack, retrieve my camera, and capture his declaration of bravery\/solidarity.<\/p>\n<p>I have been harmonized to the forest vibe. No longer do I strike the discord of our outmoded human culture. Beyond acceptance, my presence is <em>expected<\/em> here. I am the prodigal son come home. I belong to something bigger than humanity itself. I am the dirt between my own toes. I am Earth&#8230; turning&#8230; re-evolving&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Perhaps I&#8217;m beginning to repeat myself already, but perhaps this bears repeating&#8230; I am no mere tourist, a vacationer to the forest; I am forest. &#8220;Warning!&#8221; shouts Ground Squirrel. &#8220;What?&#8221; comes the reply. &#8220;It&#8217;s only Niels.&#8221; And they continue about (&hellip;)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.nielskunze.com\/?p=837\">Read the rest of this entry &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-837","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-forest-report"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.nielskunze.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/837","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.nielskunze.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.nielskunze.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.nielskunze.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.nielskunze.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=837"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blog.nielskunze.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/837\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":839,"href":"https:\/\/blog.nielskunze.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/837\/revisions\/839"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.nielskunze.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=837"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.nielskunze.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=837"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.nielskunze.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=837"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}