{"id":2193,"date":"2019-07-07T18:11:36","date_gmt":"2019-07-07T18:11:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.learningaloud.com\/curmudgeonspeaks\/?p=2193"},"modified":"2019-07-07T20:38:05","modified_gmt":"2019-07-07T20:38:05","slug":"i-dont-mean-to-explain-but","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.learningaloud.com\/curmudgeonspeaks\/2019\/07\/07\/i-dont-mean-to-explain-but\/","title":{"rendered":"I don&#8217;t mean to complain, but &#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Too many folks take to social media to complain and I don&#8217;t want to be known as one of these people. I would like to offer this as a personal suggestion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.learningaloud.com\/curmudgeonspeaks\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/IMG_4310-1024x768.png?resize=640%2C480&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2194\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.learningaloud.com\/curmudgeonspeaks\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/IMG_4310.png?resize=1024%2C768&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.learningaloud.com\/curmudgeonspeaks\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/IMG_4310.png?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.learningaloud.com\/curmudgeonspeaks\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/IMG_4310.png?resize=768%2C576&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.learningaloud.com\/curmudgeonspeaks\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/IMG_4310.png?w=1280 1280w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.learningaloud.com\/curmudgeonspeaks\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/IMG_4310.png?w=1920 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I frequently walk through one of the parks in Richfield on my way to write at a nearby coffee shop. Minneapolis\/St. Paul has spectacular parks and ours is no exception. However, in recent years the grounds keepers of our park have decided to stop mowing the hillside I walk past. I am a big fan of natural grasses and forbs, but not overgrown lawn grass. Take the opportunity to convert this hillside to native prairie. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Too many folks take to social media to complain and I don&#8217;t want to be known as one of these people. I would like to offer this as a personal suggestion. I frequently walk through one of the parks in &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.learningaloud.com\/curmudgeonspeaks\/2019\/07\/07\/i-dont-mean-to-explain-but\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"activitypub_content_warning":"","activitypub_content_visibility":"","activitypub_max_image_attachments":4,"activitypub_interaction_policy_quote":"anyone","activitypub_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2193","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.learningaloud.com\/curmudgeonspeaks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2193","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.learningaloud.com\/curmudgeonspeaks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.learningaloud.com\/curmudgeonspeaks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.learningaloud.com\/curmudgeonspeaks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.learningaloud.com\/curmudgeonspeaks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2193"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.learningaloud.com\/curmudgeonspeaks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2193\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2199,"href":"https:\/\/www.learningaloud.com\/curmudgeonspeaks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2193\/revisions\/2199"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.learningaloud.com\/curmudgeonspeaks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2193"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.learningaloud.com\/curmudgeonspeaks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2193"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.learningaloud.com\/curmudgeonspeaks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2193"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}