{"id":776,"date":"2012-06-06T07:18:13","date_gmt":"2012-06-06T07:18:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.wabash.edu\/thegrunge\/?p=776"},"modified":"2012-06-06T07:18:13","modified_gmt":"2012-06-06T07:18:13","slug":"these-fleeting-years-we-tarry-here","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.wabash.edu\/thegrunge\/2012\/06\/06\/these-fleeting-years-we-tarry-here\/","title":{"rendered":"These Fleeting Years We Tarry Here"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_777\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-777\" style=\"width: 480px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.wabash.edu\/thegrunge\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2012\/06\/Earl-0758.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-777\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.wabash.edu\/thegrunge\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2012\/06\/Earl-0758.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.wabash.edu\/thegrunge\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2012\/06\/Earl-0758.jpg 480w, https:\/\/blog.wabash.edu\/thegrunge\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2012\/06\/Earl-0758-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-777\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Earl Houck &#039;67<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Earl Houck &#8217;67, a class agent, made the trip from Maryland to be here for the Big Bash. \u00a0I caught up to him on Sunday morning &#8211; at this particular instant he was the only alumnus on the mall.<\/p>\n<p>The day was perfect&#8230;mild temperature, only a hint of wind, and bright but not too bright.<\/p>\n<p>Earl was doing what I find myself doing more and more &#8211; soaking it all in. \u00a0It was just too good to pass up in a quick walk or even a stroll. \u00a0He needed to be still&#8230;49 years of Wabash kept going through his mind, I&#8217;m sure.<\/p>\n<p>He saw me coming&#8230;that was too bad. \u00a0As I took the photo and departed, I hoped his thoughts weren&#8217;t interrupted. \u00a0You get to tarry here for precious little time.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Earl Houck &#8217;67, a class agent, made the trip from Maryland to be here for the Big Bash. \u00a0I caught up to him on Sunday morning &#8211; at this particular instant he [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-776","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"w_featured_image_url":"https:\/\/blog.wabash.edu\/thegrunge\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2012\/06\/Earl-0758.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.wabash.edu\/thegrunge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/776","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.wabash.edu\/thegrunge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.wabash.edu\/thegrunge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.wabash.edu\/thegrunge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/15"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.wabash.edu\/thegrunge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=776"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blog.wabash.edu\/thegrunge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/776\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.wabash.edu\/thegrunge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=776"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.wabash.edu\/thegrunge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=776"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.wabash.edu\/thegrunge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=776"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}