{"id":4486,"date":"2020-03-16T06:01:22","date_gmt":"2020-03-16T10:01:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lyndalambert.com\/?p=4486"},"modified":"2020-03-16T06:01:22","modified_gmt":"2020-03-16T10:01:22","slug":"marcharrived","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lyndalambert.com\/wordpress\/marcharrived\/","title":{"rendered":"March Arrived Like a Capricious Cat"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Post #299<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h1><em><strong>March Arrived Like a Capricious Cat<\/strong><\/em><\/h1>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.lyndalambert.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Photo_2015_Snow_MevasFromUpstairsWindow.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"749\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.lyndalambert.com\/wordpress\/marcharrived\/attachment\/749\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.lyndalambert.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Photo_2015_Snow_MevasFromUpstairsWindow.jpg?fit=3982%2C3867&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"3982,3867\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;3.2&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;DSC-HX300&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1424465849&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;4.3&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;80&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.01&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;???????????????????????????????&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"March Arrived\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.lyndalambert.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Photo_2015_Snow_MevasFromUpstairsWindow.jpg?fit=1024%2C994&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-749\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.lyndalambert.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Photo_2015_Snow_MevasFromUpstairsWindow-300x291.jpg?resize=300%2C291\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"291\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.lyndalambert.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Photo_2015_Snow_MevasFromUpstairsWindow.jpg?resize=300%2C291&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.lyndalambert.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Photo_2015_Snow_MevasFromUpstairsWindow.jpg?resize=1024%2C994&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.lyndalambert.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Photo_2015_Snow_MevasFromUpstairsWindow.jpg?w=2160&amp;ssl=1 2160w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.lyndalambert.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Photo_2015_Snow_MevasFromUpstairsWindow.jpg?w=3240&amp;ssl=1 3240w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Glass wind chimes<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">hang<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">immovable<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">stiff<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">shrouded in new snow<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">March arrived like a capricious cat<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">crouched<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">hunkered down, bent over<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">spring-loaded, squat<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Changeable!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Early this morning<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">I stepped cautiously through deep snow<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">March is the time to follow new dreams<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">that arrived in the flurry<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">of late winter snowstorms and blizzards<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">quietly<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">wordless<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">yet surging<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">inside, beneath layers of trees<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">my awakened<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">awareness heard songs<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">crows called<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">across the grey sky<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Sharp, staccato<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">melodies<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">lyrical<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">red-breasted robins sang duets<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">together<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">hidden<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">somewhere beyond, out of sight<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">March arrived like a lion today<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">swept away my doubts.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.lyndalambert.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/CatSisters.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"5718\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.lyndalambert.com\/wordpress\/marcharrived\/catsisters\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.lyndalambert.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/CatSisters.jpg?fit=5184%2C3888&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"5184,3888\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;4&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;DSC-HX300&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1524602072&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;21.47&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;800&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.02&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"CatSisters\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.lyndalambert.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/CatSisters.jpg?fit=1024%2C768&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-5718\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.lyndalambert.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/CatSisters.jpg?resize=300%2C225&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.lyndalambert.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/CatSisters.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.lyndalambert.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/CatSisters.jpg?resize=768%2C576&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.lyndalambert.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/CatSisters.jpg?resize=1024%2C768&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.lyndalambert.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/CatSisters.jpg?w=2160&amp;ssl=1 2160w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.lyndalambert.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/CatSisters.jpg?w=3240&amp;ssl=1 3240w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>Photo of Miss Bessie and Miss Opal &#8211; our 2 sister-cats.<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Photo by Lynda McKinney Lambert.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;<\/p>\n<p>This poem, provided \u00a0today through the courtesy of western Pennsylvania author and artist,<\/p>\n<p>Lynda McKinney Lambert.<\/p>\n<h4>&#8220;March Arrived Like a Capricious Cat&#8221;<\/h4>\n<p>Copyright, 2015. Lynda McKinney Lambert<\/p>\n<p>All rights reserved.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lyndalambert.com\/lyndas-poems\/\">Listen to more of Lynda&#8217;s Poems: Click here&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<h4><\/h4>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Western Pennsylvania Author and Artist, Lynda McKinney Lambert shares a  about the month of March.<br \/>\nLynda captures the feelings of expectation and joy as she looks out her window into the snowy landscape from her home in The Village of Wurtemburg.<br \/>\nLynda is an award winning international artist and writer. This poem is from her  book, Walking by Inner Vision: Stories &#038; Poems. DLD Books, 2017. This book is a year-long journey through the seasons in 27 essays and 16 poems.   Lynda has 4 books for sale on Amazon &#8211; check her out.<\/p>\n <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.lyndalambert.com\/wordpress\/marcharrived\/\"><span class=\"more-msg\">Continue reading &rarr;<\/span><\/a>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":209,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4486","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-trusting-god"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.lyndalambert.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/2013_March6_MorningWalkSnow.jpg?fit=2736%2C3648&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4gbwn-1am","jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lyndalambert.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4486","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lyndalambert.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lyndalambert.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lyndalambert.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lyndalambert.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4486"}],"version-history":[{"count":15,"href":"https:\/\/www.lyndalambert.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4486\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6460,"href":"https:\/\/www.lyndalambert.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4486\/revisions\/6460"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lyndalambert.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/209"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lyndalambert.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4486"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lyndalambert.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4486"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lyndalambert.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4486"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}