{"id":588,"date":"2026-09-21T16:00:18","date_gmt":"2026-09-21T21:00:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dreaminginplot.com\/MainBlog\/?p=588"},"modified":"2026-09-21T13:30:42","modified_gmt":"2026-09-21T18:30:42","slug":"hearth-to-hearth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/dreaminginplot.com\/MainBlog\/2026\/09\/21\/hearth-to-hearth\/","title":{"rendered":"Hearth to Hearth"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-pm-slice=\"1 1 []\"><em>For those who must go out into dangers and those who keep the hearth fire burning.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>From hearth to edge and then beyond<br \/>\nCarry from the Warden\u2019s song.<br \/>\nFrom dawn to dusk and then to day<br \/>\nThough hearth and home ne\u2019er fade away.<\/p>\n<p>Though long the night that bitter ends<br \/>\nFrom day to day the hearth fire stands.<br \/>\nAt the edge the watch is kept<br \/>\nSo at the heart the family slept.<\/p>\n<p>So wandering feet come ever home<br \/>\nThrough danger wild and cease to roam.<br \/>\nFrom beyond the night to edge of day<br \/>\nThe cut of dawn now fades away.<\/p>\n<p>And in the light of rising sun<br \/>\nFrom edge to hearth now he comes.<br \/>\nWeary tread grows stronger still<br \/>\nAs heart finds rest with eager will.<\/p>\n<p><em>Hearth to Hearth<\/em> copyright \u00a9 Heather Strickler 2026 all rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For those who must go out into dangers and those who keep the hearth fire burning. From hearth to edge and then beyond Carry from the Warden\u2019s song. From dawn to dusk and then to day Though hearth and home ne\u2019er fade away. Though long the night that bitter ends From day to day the&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"http:\/\/dreaminginplot.com\/MainBlog\/2026\/09\/21\/hearth-to-hearth\/\">Read More <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Hearth to Hearth<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":589,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_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},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[14,13],"tags":[12,20,11,31,17,25],"class_list":["post-588","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-poetry","category-writing","tag-hope","tag-mood","tag-poetry","tag-rest","tag-story","tag-wonder"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dreaminginplot.com\/MainBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Hearth-to-Hearth.png?fit=600%2C600","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/parUcj-9u","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":314,"url":"http:\/\/dreaminginplot.com\/MainBlog\/2024\/12\/17\/quiet-fire\/","url_meta":{"origin":588,"position":0},"title":"Quiet Fire","author":"Heather","date":"December 17, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"I found the opening stanza of this one in an old poetry notebook. 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