{"id":1564,"date":"2013-04-26T09:13:56","date_gmt":"2013-04-26T13:13:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ae0.92e.myftpupload.com\/?p=1564"},"modified":"2013-04-26T09:24:41","modified_gmt":"2013-04-26T13:24:41","slug":"the-one-thing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bestvillageblog.com\/?p=1564","title":{"rendered":"The One Thing…"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"OLYMPUS<\/a>…you hear over and over again; at a sporting event,\u00a0a Lifelong Learning class, an activity at the Recreation Center or just even sitting at any one of the Squares, or pools, or restaurants,\u00a0is the talent and\u00a0background that so many residents possess, and more than that, \u00a0the willingness to share their\u00a0stellar abilities\u00a0with us.\u00a0 Peggy Seely is just one of those people. I first heard about a wonderful poetry workshop that Peggy had been a part of and that I had missed.\u00a0 When I heard\u00a0about it\u00a0I was so disappointed, as the people that were raving had my total admiration.\u00a0 If they say it’s good, it must be really really good, as I consider them really good.\u00a0 I have never been a student of poetry, although was introduced to it at a very early age by my Mother, and then for several of my adult years received books of poetry for Christmas from her. \u00a0At that stage in my life I didn’t have a lot of leisure time to spend reading poetry after running after two rambunctious boys. \u00a0However I did read to them every night before they went to bed and I would scan one of those books for poetry they may like.\u00a0\u00a0The Duel-The gingham dog and the calico\u00a0cat, side by side on the table sat; ‘Twas half past twelve, and what do you think!-was one they enjoyed. \u00a0 During those years that was my poetry reading experience.\u00a0 My books have since become dog-eared, and I do enjoy reading\u00a0them from time to time.\u00a0\u00a0 Back to Peggy, the other day she offered a Workshop at the Lady Lake Library and I made sure to attend. It was every bit as good, and even better than I had expected. She read poems from her book Teacups in The Mud, and as one attendee mentioned, she brought the poems alive.\u00a0 Many\u00a0of her poems are based on memories of\u00a0her family and growing up on a farm.\u00a0 They are delightful whether you yourself grew up in the country or the\u00a0city as they\u00a0are over flowing with youthful nostalgia that\u00a0we all can identify with.\u00a0 Peggy has a message for us in her title, Teacups in the Mud.\u00a0 She dedicates her book to all who have gone before her into uncharted territory.\u00a0 From them, she has learned that the “treaures” we choose to carry along can become a burden.\u00a0 Life lightens when we leave some of them behind.<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0 She goes on to explain that the Pioneer\u00a0women lightened their loads by leaving their teacups behind. It certainly is something we all understand and many have been through,\u00a0how difficult it is, when we reach the age that many of us are, to\u00a0choose what to bring and what to leave, and how true it is when we make those decisions how much lighter and freer we feel.\u00a0 I have to say, even if you don’t think you would enjoy poetry, if you have the opportunity to attend\u00a0a Peggy Seely\u00a0workshop, by all means do it.\u00a0 You will come\u00a0away feeling refreshed and happy.\u00a0 Thanks Peggy for sharing your talent and poetry with us.\u00a0 You have enriched my life, as I am sure you have enriched many others.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

…you hear over and over again; at a sporting event,\u00a0a Lifelong Learning class, an activity at the Recreation Center or just even sitting at any one of the Squares, or pools, or restaurants,\u00a0is the talent and\u00a0background that so many residents possess, and more than that, \u00a0the willingness to share their\u00a0stellar abilities\u00a0with us.\u00a0 Peggy Seely is […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1564","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bestvillageblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1564","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bestvillageblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bestvillageblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bestvillageblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bestvillageblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1564"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/bestvillageblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1564\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1570,"href":"https:\/\/bestvillageblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1564\/revisions\/1570"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bestvillageblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1564"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bestvillageblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1564"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bestvillageblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1564"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}