{"id":26217,"date":"2024-05-06T10:43:10","date_gmt":"2024-05-06T14:43:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alanskeoch.ca\/?p=26217"},"modified":"2024-05-06T10:44:47","modified_gmt":"2024-05-06T14:44:47","slug":"episode-1053-mary-fix-park-in-spring-rain-shower-may-5-1053","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alanskeoch.ca\/?p=26217","title":{"rendered":"EPISOde  1053&#8242; MARY FIX PARK IN SPRING RAIN SHOWER  MAY 5. 1053"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div class=\"\"><br class=\"\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"\"><br class=\"\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"\">\n<div class=\"c-feature-hd\" style=\"margin: 0px 0px 4px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-size: 22px; font-family: adobe-garamond-pro, Garamond, Baskerville, \"Baskerville Old Face\", \"Hoefler Text\", \"Times New Roman\", serif; vertical-align: baseline;\">\n<h1 class=\"c-hdgSans_2 c-mix-hdgSans_inline c-hdgSans\" style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-size: 1.75rem; font-style: inherit; font-family: canada-type-gibson, \"Gill Sans\", \"Gill Sans MT\", Calibri, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; display: inline; line-height: 1.231;\">The Road Not Taken<\/h1>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"c-feature-hd\" style=\"margin: 0px 0px 4px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-size: 22px; font-family: adobe-garamond-pro, Garamond, Baskerville, \"Baskerville Old Face\", \"Hoefler Text\", \"Times New Roman\", serif; vertical-align: baseline;\">\n<h1 class=\"c-hdgSans_2 c-mix-hdgSans_inline c-hdgSans\" style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-size: 1.75rem; font-style: inherit; font-family: canada-type-gibson, \"Gill Sans\", \"Gill Sans MT\", Calibri, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; display: inline; line-height: 1.231;\">(robert frost)<\/h1>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"c-feature-hd\" style=\"margin: 0px 0px 4px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-size: 22px; font-family: adobe-garamond-pro, Garamond, Baskerville, \"Baskerville Old Face\", \"Hoefler Text\", \"Times New Roman\", serif; vertical-align: baseline;\">\n<h1 class=\"c-hdgSans_2 c-mix-hdgSans_inline c-hdgSans\" style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-size: 1.75rem; font-style: inherit; font-family: canada-type-gibson, \"Gill Sans\", \"Gill Sans MT\", Calibri, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; display: inline; line-height: 1.231;\"><br class=\"\"><\/h1>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"c-feature-hd\" style=\"margin: 0px 0px 4px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-size: 22px; font-family: adobe-garamond-pro, Garamond, Baskerville, \"Baskerville Old Face\", \"Hoefler Text\", \"Times New Roman\", serif; vertical-align: baseline;\">\n<h1 class=\"c-hdgSans_2 c-mix-hdgSans_inline c-hdgSans\" style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-size: 1.75rem; font-style: inherit; font-family: canada-type-gibson, \"Gill Sans\", \"Gill Sans MT\", Calibri, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; display: inline; line-height: 1.231;\"><img decoding=\"async\" apple-inline=\"yes\" id=\"E3BD49FD-A9EC-4195-9D9F-CDD41563751A\" src=\"https:\/\/alanskeoch.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/IMG_7058.jpeg\" class=\"\"><\/h1>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"c-feature-hd\" style=\"margin: 0px 0px 4px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-size: 22px; font-family: adobe-garamond-pro, Garamond, Baskerville, \"Baskerville Old Face\", \"Hoefler Text\", \"Times New Roman\", serif; vertical-align: baseline;\">\n<h1 class=\"c-hdgSans_2 c-mix-hdgSans_inline c-hdgSans\" style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-size: 1.75rem; font-style: inherit; font-family: canada-type-gibson, \"Gill Sans\", \"Gill Sans MT\", Calibri, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; display: inline; line-height: 1.231;\"><br class=\"\"><\/h1>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"\"><br class=\"\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"\">Wwhat a grand feeling it was to be once again in Mary Fix Park \u2014&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div class=\"\">a wilderness park where trees live and die where they stood or fell.<\/div>\n<div class=\"\">The park is located on an acreage where iwldernesss would be<\/div>\n<div class=\"\">least likely. &nbsp;\u2014 the junction of QEW and Hurontaio \u2014 dense population yet also room<\/div>\n<div class=\"\">for wild creatures like the pair of coyotes who seem to<\/div>\n<div class=\"\">be able to raise a [up or two with little difficulty. &nbsp;<\/div>\n<div class=\"\"><br class=\"\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"\">Mary Fix Park has many Roads Not Taken. &nbsp;Come walk with me.<\/div>\n<p><font face=\"canada-type-gibson, Gill Sans, Gill Sans MT, Calibri, sans-serif\" class=\"\"><span style=\"font-size: 28px;\" class=\"\"><b class=\"\">&nbsp;<\/b><\/span><\/font><\/div>\n<div class=\"\"><img decoding=\"async\" apple-inline=\"yes\" id=\"3D5D5110-A53D-4AF7-93B4-B154D10F4539\" src=\"https:\/\/alanskeoch.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/52FE446B-9978-44FD-A5C5-5D3D36EEC04B_1_105_c.jpeg\" class=\"\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"\"><font face=\"canada-type-gibson, Gill Sans, Gill Sans MT, Calibri, sans-serif\" class=\"\"><span style=\"font-size: 28px;\" class=\"\"><b class=\"\"><br class=\"\"><\/b><\/span><\/font><\/div>\n<div class=\"\"><font face=\"canada-type-gibson, Gill Sans, Gill Sans MT, Calibri, sans-serif\" class=\"\"><span style=\"font-size: 28px;\" class=\"\"><b class=\"\"><br class=\"\"><\/b><\/span><\/font><\/p>\n<div class=\"c-feature-sub_vast c-feature-sub\" style=\"margin: 0px 0px 33px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-size: 22px; font-family: adobe-garamond-pro, Garamond, Baskerville, \"Baskerville Old Face\", \"Hoefler Text\", \"Times New Roman\", serif; vertical-align: baseline;\">\n<div style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;\" class=\"\"><span class=\"c-txt c-txt_attribution\" style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-size: 0.875rem; font-style: inherit; font-family: canada-type-gibson, \"Gill Sans\", \"Gill Sans MT\", Calibri, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(73, 73, 73); display: inline-block; letter-spacing: 1.4px; text-transform: uppercase;\">BY&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.poetryfoundation.org\/poets\/robert-frost\" style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); transition: color 0.25s cubic-bezier(0.215, 0.61, 0.355, 1);\" class=\"\">ROBERT FROST<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"c-feature-bd\" style=\"margin: 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-size: 1.25rem; font-family: adobe-garamond-pro, Garamond, Baskerville, \"Baskerville Old Face\", \"Hoefler Text\", \"Times New Roman\", serif; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 1.3;\">\n<div class=\"isActive o-poem\" data-view=\"PoemView\" style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; position: relative;\">\n<div style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 1em; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; text-indent: -1em;\" class=\"\">Two roads diverged in a yellow wood,<br class=\"\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 1em; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; text-indent: -1em;\" class=\"\">And sorry I could not travel both<br class=\"\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 1em; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; text-indent: -1em;\" class=\"\">And be one traveler, long I stood<br class=\"\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 1em; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; text-indent: -1em;\" class=\"\">And looked down one as far as I could<br class=\"\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 1em; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; text-indent: -1em;\" class=\"\">To where it bent in the undergrowth;<br class=\"\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 1em; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; text-indent: -1em;\" class=\"\"><br class=\"\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 1em; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; text-indent: -1em;\" class=\"\">Then took the other, as just as fair,<br class=\"\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 1em; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; text-indent: -1em;\" class=\"\">And having perhaps the better claim,<br class=\"\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 1em; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; text-indent: -1em;\" class=\"\">Because it was grassy and wanted wear;<br class=\"\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 1em; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; text-indent: -1em;\" class=\"\">Though as for that the passing there<br class=\"\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 1em; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; text-indent: -1em;\" class=\"\">Had worn them really about the same,<br class=\"\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 1em; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; text-indent: -1em;\" class=\"\"><br class=\"\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 1em; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; text-indent: -1em;\" class=\"\">And both that morning equally lay<br class=\"\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 1em; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; text-indent: -1em;\" class=\"\">In leaves no step had trodden black.<br class=\"\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 1em; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; text-indent: -1em;\" class=\"\">Oh, I kept the first for another day!<br class=\"\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 1em; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; text-indent: -1em;\" class=\"\">Yet knowing how way leads on to way,<br class=\"\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 1em; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; text-indent: -1em;\" class=\"\">I doubted if I should ever come back.<br class=\"\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 1em; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; text-indent: -1em;\" class=\"\"><br class=\"\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 1em; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; text-indent: -1em;\" class=\"\">I shall be telling this with a sigh<br class=\"\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 1em; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; text-indent: -1em;\" class=\"\">Somewhere ages and ages hence:<br class=\"\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 1em; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; text-indent: -1em;\" class=\"\">Two roads diverged in a wood, and I\u2014<br class=\"\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 1em; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; text-indent: -1em;\" class=\"\">I took the one less traveled by,<br class=\"\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 1em; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; text-indent: -1em;\" class=\"\">And that has made all the 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class=\"\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Road Not Taken (robert frost) Wwhat a grand feeling it was to be once again in Mary Fix Park \u2014&nbsp; a wilderness park where trees live and die where they stood or fell. The park is located on an acreage where iwldernesss would be least likely. &nbsp;\u2014 the junction of QEW and Hurontaio \u2014 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-26217","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alanskeoch.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26217","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alanskeoch.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alanskeoch.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alanskeoch.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alanskeoch.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=26217"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alanskeoch.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26217\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alanskeoch.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=26217"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alanskeoch.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=26217"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alanskeoch.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=26217"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}