{"id":4179,"date":"2015-01-31T23:45:24","date_gmt":"2015-01-31T10:45:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dfmamea.com\/?p=4179"},"modified":"2017-07-10T14:27:17","modified_gmt":"2017-07-10T02:27:17","slug":"roadside-attractions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dfmamea.com\/blog\/roadside-attractions\/","title":{"rendered":"Roadside Attractions"},"content":{"rendered":"

Once upon a time, The Dog<\/b> and I went for a run, and on that run, she found a discarded\u00a0rolled roast<\/em>. Because I had no time for the dog to to be distracted by such a feast\u00a0\u2014 we were on a run, after all \u2014 I carried that rolled roast all the way home, where\u00a0she devoured it in a few blinks of an eye.\u00a0This story has become a little apocryphal in the halls of Fortress Mamea because a).\u00a0The Goddess\u00a0<\/strong>was too slow to come and see our dog’s find, and b). cellphone cameras were a bit of a luxury back then.<\/p>\n

Ever since, The Dog has dallied at the site of that\u00a0glorious find, whether running or \u2014 of late<\/a> \u2014 walking, hoping to find another rolled roast.<\/p>\n

A fortnight into 2015,\u00a0the universe relented:<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\"\"<\/p>\n

A discarded\u00a0leg of lamb.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

There’s a lesson in this for my writing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Once upon a time, The Dog and I went for a run, and on that run, she found a discarded\u00a0rolled roast. Because I had no time for the dog to to be distracted by such a feast\u00a0\u2014 we were on a run, after all \u2014 I carried that rolled roast all the way home, where\u00a0she … <\/p>\n

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