{"id":3094,"date":"2013-05-06T11:00:09","date_gmt":"2013-05-06T11:00:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/flightofthesoul\/?p=3094"},"modified":"2013-05-11T05:17:47","modified_gmt":"2013-05-11T05:17:47","slug":"velvet-fog","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/flightofthesoul\/2013\/05\/velvet-fog.html","title":{"rendered":"Velvet Fog"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Magnificent and magical May is upon us.\u00a0\u00a0Today is another gorgeous Monday to celebrate the spring\u00a0of our lives.<\/p>\n<p>Heading into\u00a0the archives of my mind I started hearing Mel Torme singing Mountain\u00a0Greenery celebrating the\u00a0joys of nature and the powerful place May has in the year&#8217;s soulful calendar.<\/p>\n<p>Nobody did it better than Richard Rodgers &amp; Lorenz Hart and this song, Mountain Greenery, beautifully sung by one of the coolest voices in the crooner&#8217;s registry makes me happy and cherishes what I love about spring in every way.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Mel Torme - Mountain  Greenery\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Qu0eCB4NYJw?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Enjoy the day and enjoy the way that May brings with it growth and understanding and joy.<\/p>\n<p>lots of love,<\/p>\n<p>Melanie<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/flightofthesoul\/files\/2013\/05\/thank-you-cookies-autumn.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-3103\" alt=\"thank-you-cookies-autumn\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/305\/2013\/05\/thank-you-cookies-autumn-300x194.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"194\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Magnificent and magical May is upon us.\u00a0\u00a0Today is another gorgeous Monday to celebrate the spring\u00a0of our lives. 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