{"id":7859,"date":"2016-08-01T10:36:16","date_gmt":"2016-08-01T14:36:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eachdayisacelebration.com\/?p=7859"},"modified":"2016-08-02T16:37:21","modified_gmt":"2016-08-02T20:37:21","slug":"julep-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eachdayisacelebration.com\/?p=7859","title":{"rendered":"Julep Season"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A poem by Jack Peachum in celebration of a summer classic. Better stock up, as we head further into this election season. Here\u2019s a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.epicurious.com\/recipes\/food\/views\/derby-mint-julep-56389507\" target=\"_blank\">recipe from Epicurious<\/a> that includes as an ingredient a homemade mint syrup which can be used in other drinks as well.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/eachdayisacelebration.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Aug2016.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-7863\" src=\"https:\/\/eachdayisacelebration.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Aug2016.png\" alt=\"Aug2016\" width=\"450\" height=\"457\" srcset=\"https:\/\/eachdayisacelebration.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Aug2016.png 500w, https:\/\/eachdayisacelebration.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Aug2016-295x300.png 295w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>But, surely, the tree in Eden was a giant mint plant,<br \/>\npromising knowledge profane and sacred,<br \/>\nthe doorways of Eternity opening\u2014<br \/>\nsummer air pushes heavy around the house,<br \/>\nice clicks in the teeth,<br \/>\nthe mixture\u2019s smell invites you in<br \/>\nto where the mint lies on the tongue.<br \/>\nAnd in the distance,<br \/>\nbourbon-taste and sugar against the palette<br \/>\nsweet as remembered Sunday mornings.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u2014 Jack Peachum<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/eachdayisacelebration.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/CakeBlackEyeSusan.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-7580 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/eachdayisacelebration.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/CakeBlackEyeSusan.png\" alt=\"CakeBlackEyeSusan\" width=\"130\" height=\"141\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Francine<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A poem by Jack Peachum in celebration of a summer classic. Better stock up, as we head further into this election season. Here\u2019s a recipe from Epicurious that includes as an ingredient a homemade mint syrup which can be used in other drinks as well. But, surely, the tree in Eden was a giant mint<a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/eachdayisacelebration.com\/?p=7859\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[83,39,17,19,102,3],"class_list":["post-7859","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-illustration","tag-botany","tag-food","tag-penink","tag-poem","tag-summer","tag-watercolor"],"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/eachdayisacelebration.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7859","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/eachdayisacelebration.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/eachdayisacelebration.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eachdayisacelebration.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eachdayisacelebration.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7859"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/eachdayisacelebration.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7859\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7864,"href":"https:\/\/eachdayisacelebration.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7859\/revisions\/7864"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/eachdayisacelebration.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7859"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eachdayisacelebration.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7859"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eachdayisacelebration.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7859"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}