{"id":9086,"date":"2024-02-21T17:16:06","date_gmt":"2024-02-21T22:16:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.earthwidemoth.com\/blog\/?p=9086"},"modified":"2024-09-22T10:01:14","modified_gmt":"2024-09-22T14:01:14","slug":"februaryisms-%f0%9f%93%85","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.earthwidemoth.com\/blog\/2024\/02\/21\/februaryisms-%f0%9f%93%85\/","title":{"rendered":"Februaryisms"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">\u23f3 Approximate reading time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 2<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">mins<\/span><\/span>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"644\" height=\"833\" data-attachment-id=\"9089\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.earthwidemoth.com\/blog\/2024\/02\/21\/februaryisms-%f0%9f%93%85\/tangler\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.earthwidemoth.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Tangler-scaled.jpg?fit=1978%2C2560&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1978,2560\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Tangler\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.earthwidemoth.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Tangler-scaled.jpg?fit=644%2C833&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.earthwidemoth.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Tangler.jpg?resize=644%2C833&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9089\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.earthwidemoth.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Tangler-scaled.jpg?resize=644%2C833&amp;ssl=1 644w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.earthwidemoth.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Tangler-scaled.jpg?resize=232%2C300&amp;ssl=1 232w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.earthwidemoth.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Tangler-scaled.jpg?resize=768%2C994&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.earthwidemoth.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Tangler-scaled.jpg?resize=1187%2C1536&amp;ssl=1 1187w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.earthwidemoth.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Tangler-scaled.jpg?resize=1583%2C2048&amp;ssl=1 1583w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.earthwidemoth.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Tangler-scaled.jpg?w=1978&amp;ssl=1 1978w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.earthwidemoth.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Tangler-scaled.jpg?w=1288&amp;ssl=1 1288w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 644px) 100vw, 644px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">One-Off Non Series #00 \u201cThe Disentangler.\u201d<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A commitment to attend a youth basketball game, the schedules grandmotherly texted to us, now holds one last opportunity to attend on Monday evening at 7:30 p.m.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A phone call to Virginia Department of Transportation on February 8, and a neighbor&#8217;s phone call to VDOT that same week, &#8216;pot holes multiplying and deeper by the day,&#8217; brought the gravel loader and grater to Rosemary Road for the first time since July 17, 2023. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">An impressively steady and unchanging headache <em>all day today<\/em> confirms that I am afflicted by a cold but have withstood the evidently harsher version of it, which so many around me seem to be hosting, sneezecasting, muling to and fro.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Eighth and ninth class observations within a three week window happened this morning in the two farthest-from-Shanks buildings; I have managed to put together the 600-word write-ups during each class session, then conference with the teachers while walking back to Shanks together. 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