{"id":335,"date":"2025-02-18T16:12:27","date_gmt":"2025-02-18T22:12:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dreaminginplot.com\/MainBlog\/?p=335"},"modified":"2025-02-18T16:12:27","modified_gmt":"2025-02-18T22:12:27","slug":"keeping-out-the-cold","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/dreaminginplot.com\/MainBlog\/2025\/02\/18\/keeping-out-the-cold\/","title":{"rendered":"Keeping Out the Cold"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-pm-slice=\"1 1 []\"><em>Something warm for a cold day.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Winter wind howls boldly and shakes the rafters tall,<br \/>\nYet no wind can quell the fire, nor the joy within the hall.<br \/>\nRound food and drink we gather, voice raised up in song<br \/>\nAnd eat and drink together, though some avoid the throng!<\/p>\n<p>In little nooks and crannies, still the firelight creeps<br \/>\nAnd the warmth swift follows after, and into souls it steeps.<br \/>\nWhether watching out the window, or by the fireside<br \/>\nIn hearth and home we gather, and in the warmth abide.<\/p>\n<p>Let the storm rage against us. Let it\u2019s bitter voices moan.<br \/>\nThis home shields out the winter, for us together and alone.<br \/>\nWhen time yet comes for sleeping, we still shall feel no storm<br \/>\nWe all take to our chambers, with snug blankets thick and warm.<\/p>\n<p><em>Keeping Out the Cold<\/em> copyright \u00a9 Heather Strickler 2025 all rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Something warm for a cold day. Winter wind howls boldly and shakes the rafters tall, Yet no wind can quell the fire, nor the joy within the hall. Round food and drink we gather, voice raised up in song And eat and drink together, though some avoid the throng! In little nooks and crannies, still&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"http:\/\/dreaminginplot.com\/MainBlog\/2025\/02\/18\/keeping-out-the-cold\/\">Read More <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Keeping Out the Cold<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":336,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"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":[14,13],"tags":[20,11,18],"class_list":["post-335","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-poetry","category-writing","tag-mood","tag-poetry","tag-whimsy"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dreaminginplot.com\/MainBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Keep-out-the-Cold.jpg?fit=600%2C600","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/parUcj-5p","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":349,"url":"http:\/\/dreaminginplot.com\/MainBlog\/2025\/03\/11\/hints-of-spring\/","url_meta":{"origin":335,"position":0},"title":"Hints of Spring","author":"Heather","date":"March 11, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"Some warmth creeping in to the cold days. 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