“I was headed right toward you when I heard some strange sounds coming from your direction. I looked up and saw what looked like a plastic bag from a grocery store moving beneath a tree. However, the movement wasn’t consistent with what you expect from a bag. I moved closer, absorbed in a bit of self-loathing because I can never find a pair of headphones when I want them. That’s when I realized that I wasn’t looking at a bag but at you, a skunk. I saw that you were looking at me, too. Thank you for not spraying me.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
“I was headed right toward you when I heard some strange sounds coming from your direction. I looked up and saw what looked like a plastic bag from a grocery store moving beneath a tree. However, the movement wasn’t consistent with what you expect from a bag. I moved closer, absorbed in a bit of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_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}},"categories":[331],"tags":[396,397,398],"class_list":["post-2481","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-open-letters","tag-close-call","tag-lucky","tag-skunk","entry"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p33KTw-E1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":3699,"url":"https:\/\/sherlonya.net\/blog\/2014\/09\/in-an-open-letter-to-the-gross-granola-bars-i-bought-in-bulk-before-i-knew-they-were-gross\/","url_meta":{"origin":2481,"position":0},"title":"In an open letter to the gross granola bars I bought in bulk before I knew they were gross,","author":"sherlonya","date":"September 23, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"\u201cIt wasn\u2019t until I looked into my lunch bag to discover that, despite my remaining hunger, the bag was empty that I fully appreciated you. The good thing about you is that I certainly won\u2019t eat you when I don\u2019t absolutely need to, but when I do need a little\u2026","rel":"","context":"In \"open letters\"","block_context":{"text":"open letters","link":"https:\/\/sherlonya.net\/blog\/tag\/open-letters\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":3729,"url":"https:\/\/sherlonya.net\/blog\/2014\/10\/in-an-open-letter-to-the-man-who-wondered-aloud-how-he-could-get-to-be-one-of-my-friends\/","url_meta":{"origin":2481,"position":1},"title":"In an open letter to the man who wondered aloud how he could get to be one of my friends,","author":"sherlonya","date":"October 2, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"\u201cThere was something very specific and unforgettable about the way that you looked at me. Based on your face, I believe that as I walked toward you you saw something there. Seems like, in your mind, you saw a plate of aromatic pot roast, earthy and savory, topped with an\u2026","rel":"","context":"In \"open letters\"","block_context":{"text":"open letters","link":"https:\/\/sherlonya.net\/blog\/tag\/open-letters\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":3412,"url":"https:\/\/sherlonya.net\/blog\/2014\/07\/in-an-open-letter-to-the-woman-wearing-the-short-sleeved-sweater\/","url_meta":{"origin":2481,"position":2},"title":"In an open letter to the woman wearing the short-sleeved sweater,","author":"sherlonya","date":"July 7, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"\u201cIt was probably about 6 weeks ago when I saw you. I don\u2019t know whether I was hypnotized, mesmerized, or generally confused. Short sleeved sweaters always confuse me. Yours threw in an additional twist because of the mohair-like texture. When I took a closer look, I saw that your sweater\u2026","rel":"","context":"In \"open letters\"","block_context":{"text":"open letters","link":"https:\/\/sherlonya.net\/blog\/tag\/open-letters\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":2363,"url":"https:\/\/sherlonya.net\/blog\/2013\/04\/rhubarb-soda\/","url_meta":{"origin":2481,"position":3},"title":"Rhubarb Soda","author":"admin","date":"April 22, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"I read enough food magazines to know that when rhubarb is either featured or mentioned on the cover, that the season change is near. I didn't grow up eating rhubarb; it just wasn't something that we did. However, I do remember seeing it in the produce section of the grocery\u2026","rel":"","context":"Similar post","block_context":{"text":"Similar post","link":""},"img":{"alt_text":"rhubarbsoda1","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sherlonya.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/rhubarbsoda1.gif?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":2969,"url":"https:\/\/sherlonya.net\/blog\/2013\/11\/in-an-open-letter-to-the-man-who-wore-shorts-if-im-being-generous-underwear-if-im-being-true-to-my-heart\/","url_meta":{"origin":2481,"position":4},"title":"In an open letter to the man who wore shorts if I\u2019m being generous, underwear if I\u2019m being true to my heart,","author":"sherlonya","date":"November 3, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"\u201cI have been working on being judgy. It\u2019s a nasty habit of mine. When I saw you though, all sorts of alarms went off in my head. Especially after I saw you both in the Halloween store and in the craft store. My mama gut told me to keep my\u2026","rel":"","context":"In \"junk\"","block_context":{"text":"junk","link":"https:\/\/sherlonya.net\/blog\/tag\/junk\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":5397,"url":"https:\/\/sherlonya.net\/blog\/2021\/08\/the-bunny-connection\/","url_meta":{"origin":2481,"position":5},"title":"The Bunny Connection","author":"sherlonya","date":"August 4, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"I was bopping along in the kitchen trying to get ready for the day when Lincoln saw a bunch of graham cracker bunnies in the kitchen. True to his 20 months, he instantly and intensely wanted them. We had a bag open, so I put a few bunnies in a\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "parenthood"","block_context":{"text":"parenthood","link":"https:\/\/sherlonya.net\/blog\/category\/parenthood\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sherlonya.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2481","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sherlonya.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sherlonya.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sherlonya.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sherlonya.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2481"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sherlonya.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2481\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sherlonya.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2481"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sherlonya.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2481"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sherlonya.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2481"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}