{"id":414069,"date":"2024-09-18T14:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-09-18T14:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/?p=414069"},"modified":"-0001-11-30T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"-0001-11-29T14:00:00","slug":"An-aging-animist-s-ambling-account","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/An-aging-animist-s-ambling-account\/","title":{"rendered":"An aging animist\u2019s ambling account"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Animism (from anima, soul, or spirit in Latin) is the belief that almost every place, every animal, every plant and every natural phenomenon has awareness and feelings, and can communicate directly with humans.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The waters parted when Moses struck them<\/p>\n<p>after a teenage wedding many flowers wilted<\/p>\n<p>the rivers run the rivers flood and we know<\/p>\n<p>during winter the rivers freeze and then flow<\/p>\n<p>in summer creeks run dry brains and drains slow<\/p>\n<p>springtime in Paris Jenny\u2019s pears poach in wine<\/p>\n<p>Johnny jump ups and crocus usher in the spring<\/p>\n<p>Mickey Mouse Minnie Mouse, Goofy in the house<\/p>\n<p>groundhogs (woodchucks) their hibernation begin<\/p>\n<p>on Groundhog Day their shadow may be thin<\/p>\n<p>some hibernate on the couch all year round<\/p>\n<p>of birds and bees, they seldom hear a sound<\/p>\n<p>losing touch with their environment around<\/p>\n<p>TV weather news is what they hear and see<\/p>\n<p>they can learn about weather outside for free<\/p>\n<p>hurricanes typhoons and cyclones come and go<\/p>\n<p>over oceans with a large deadly circular flow.<\/p>\n<p> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/images\/imgupload\/51ec1f1100d5d7eea9228e5f43276c9f.jpg\" width=\"480\" height=\"360\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Joey aka &#8220;Pepe Batbon&#8221; Connolly is a retired educator who taught in the CNMI, NOLA, and LVNV. He is the Poet Laureate of Tinian and enjoys stargazing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Animism (from anima, soul, or spirit in Latin) is the belief that almost every place,&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-414069","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-opinion"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/414069","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=414069"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/414069\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=414069"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=414069"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=414069"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}