{"id":2119,"date":"2010-07-03T07:39:16","date_gmt":"2010-07-03T11:39:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eachdayisacelebration.com\/?p=2119"},"modified":"2010-07-05T07:57:36","modified_gmt":"2010-07-05T11:57:36","slug":"leisure","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eachdayisacelebration.com\/?p=2119","title":{"rendered":"Leisure"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/eachdayisacelebration.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/CowsVermont3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2123\" title=\"CowsVermont3\" src=\"https:\/\/eachdayisacelebration.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/CowsVermont3.jpg\" alt=\"CowsVermont3\" width=\"420\" height=\"304\" srcset=\"https:\/\/eachdayisacelebration.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/CowsVermont3.jpg 700w, https:\/\/eachdayisacelebration.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/CowsVermont3-300x216.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Here are cows I sketched on an early morning walk. The lovely and generous cow works hard all the time, transforming grass into milk, butter, and ice cream. Yet she always looks like she\u2019s on vacation.<\/p>\n<p>Whenever I encounter this poem, I receive it as a gentle reminder of the value of cow-ness. I post it here in honor of its author, William Henry Davies (1871-1940), whose birthday it is today.<\/p>\n<address><span style=\"font-style: normal;\">What is this life if, full of care,<\/span><\/address>\n<address><span style=\"font-style: normal;\">We have no time to stand and stare.<\/span><\/address>\n<address><span style=\"font-style: normal;\"> <\/span><\/address>\n<address><span style=\"font-style: normal;\">No time to stand beneath the boughs<\/span><\/address>\n<address><span style=\"font-style: normal;\">And stare as long as sheep or cows.<\/span><\/address>\n<address><span style=\"font-style: normal;\"> <\/span><\/address>\n<address><span style=\"font-style: normal;\">No time to see, when woods we pass,<\/span><\/address>\n<address><span style=\"font-style: normal;\">Where squirrels hide their nuts in grass.<\/span><\/address>\n<address><span style=\"font-style: normal;\"> <\/span><\/address>\n<address><span style=\"font-style: normal;\">No time to see, in broad daylight,<\/span><\/address>\n<address><span style=\"font-style: normal;\">Streams full of stars, like skies at night.<\/span><\/address>\n<address><span style=\"font-style: normal;\"> <\/span><\/address>\n<address><span style=\"font-style: normal;\">No time to turn at Beauty\u2019s glance,<\/span><\/address>\n<address><span style=\"font-style: normal;\">And watch her feet, how they can dance.<\/span><\/address>\n<address><span style=\"font-style: normal;\"> <\/span><\/address>\n<address><span style=\"font-style: normal;\">No time to wait till her mouth can<\/span><\/address>\n<address><span style=\"font-style: normal;\">Enrich that smile her eyes began.<\/span><\/address>\n<address><span style=\"font-style: normal;\"> <\/span><\/address>\n<address><span style=\"font-style: normal;\">A poor life this is if, full of care,<\/span><\/address>\n<address><span style=\"font-style: normal;\">We have no time to stand and stare.<\/span><\/address>\n<p>\u2014William Henry Davies<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here are cows I sketched on an early morning walk. The lovely and generous cow works hard all the time, transforming grass into milk, butter, and ice cream. Yet she always looks like she\u2019s on vacation. Whenever I encounter this poem, I receive it as a gentle reminder of the value of cow-ness. 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