{"id":2741,"date":"2008-02-07T19:10:23","date_gmt":"2008-02-07T23:10:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mainecourse.com\/mt\/?p=2741"},"modified":"2008-02-07T20:00:35","modified_gmt":"2008-02-08T00:00:35","slug":"looking-for-color","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mainecourse.com\/mt\/2008\/02\/07\/looking-for-color\/","title":{"rendered":"Looking For Color"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"left\">I keep scanning for photo ops as I drive back and forth to work , but I can&#8217;t see through this blanket of gray.  Here are a couple from the Southbridge Boathouse in Concord. We need sun.<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mainecourse.com\/mt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/02\/bridge_ovals.jpg\" title=\"bridge_ovals.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/mainecourse.com\/mt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/02\/bridge_ovals.thumbnail.jpg\" alt=\"bridge_ovals.jpg\" \/>  <\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/mainecourse.com\/mt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/02\/southbridge_canoes.jpg\" title=\"southbridge_canoes.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/mainecourse.com\/mt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/02\/southbridge_canoes.thumbnail.jpg\" alt=\"southbridge_canoes.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">*********<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">A funny, maybe on point, letter to the editor in response to a New Yorker article about Clinton and Obama.<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">&#8220;Packer&#8217;s article demonstrates that there is no real basis of comparison between the two candidates.  May I suggest that the reason for the essay&#8217;s lack of substance regarding Barack Obama&#8217;s ideas is that his campaign feels more like a pleasant horoscope than like a run for the Presidency? (The kind that anyone can read and think, Yes! I want change, too!  It&#8217;s amazing how well he knows me.) Is there anything wrong with a candidate who has had her eye on the Presidency for more than a few years, and who values her private life? I&#8217;ll choose an ambitious woman of substance over a fortune cookie any day.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">Ursula Oberg<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">*********<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">The second bloom from an amaryllis at Ginger&#8217;s.<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mainecourse.com\/mt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/02\/gingers_flower.jpg\" title=\"gingers_flower.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/mainecourse.com\/mt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/02\/gingers_flower.thumbnail.jpg\" alt=\"gingers_flower.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I keep scanning for photo ops as I drive back and forth to work , but I can&#8217;t see through this blanket of gray. Here are a couple from the Southbridge Boathouse in Concord. We need sun. &nbsp; &nbsp; ********* &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/mainecourse.com\/mt\/2008\/02\/07\/looking-for-color\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2741","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-other"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mainecourse.com\/mt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2741","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mainecourse.com\/mt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mainecourse.com\/mt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mainecourse.com\/mt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mainecourse.com\/mt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2741"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mainecourse.com\/mt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2741\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mainecourse.com\/mt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2741"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mainecourse.com\/mt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2741"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mainecourse.com\/mt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2741"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}