{"id":2066,"date":"2025-07-16T08:23:16","date_gmt":"2025-07-16T15:23:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ralockhart.com\/WP\/?p=2066"},"modified":"2025-07-16T08:23:16","modified_gmt":"2025-07-16T15:23:16","slug":"thought-for-the-day-july-16-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ralockhart.com\/WP\/thought-for-the-day-july-16-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Thought for the Day July 16, 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Thought for the Day<\/span><br \/>\nWednesday, July 16, 2025<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>I was startled awake this morning with Mary Traver\u2019s (of Peter, Paul &amp; Mary) voice ringing in my ears. She was singing lines, \u201cIf we do these things in the greenwood\/What will happen in the dry? The song, from 1986, has been a favorite, though I have not heard it for a long time. I listened to it this morning and it still pierces me to the quick. As I was listening for the fourth time, I had the feeling that this would be the topic of my Wednesday, \u201cThought for the Day.\u201d I am struck by the relevance of this song to our time, 39 years after it came out. So, my \u201cthought\u201d for today, is that you simply listen to this song, and note what strikes you. Here is a Spotify link to the song: P<a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/ukI_FSy4uYk?si=F_OdFQdSDUO5oyIp\">eter, Paul and Mary &#8211; Greenwood (25th Anniversary Concert)<\/a> and here is a link to the lyrics:<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bing.com\/search?q=lyrics+for+Greenwood+Peter+Paul+and+Mary&amp;form=ANNTH1&amp;refig=62140A5F7DA742178A015E5EB9120A9D&amp;pc=EDBBAN\">Lyrics for Greenwood Peter Paul and Mary &#8211; Search<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Questions and comments always welcomed.<\/p>\n<p>Russ<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Thought for the Day Wednesday, July 16, 2025 I was startled awake this morning with Mary Traver\u2019s (of Peter, Paul &amp; Mary) voice ringing in my ears. She was singing lines, \u201cIf we do these things in the greenwood\/What will happen in the dry? The song, from 1986, has been a favorite, though I have [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2066","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-coming-soon"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ralockhart.com\/WP\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2066","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ralockhart.com\/WP\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ralockhart.com\/WP\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ralockhart.com\/WP\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ralockhart.com\/WP\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2066"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.ralockhart.com\/WP\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2066\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2067,"href":"https:\/\/www.ralockhart.com\/WP\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2066\/revisions\/2067"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ralockhart.com\/WP\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2066"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ralockhart.com\/WP\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2066"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ralockhart.com\/WP\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2066"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}