{"id":1048,"date":"2009-05-25T10:06:58","date_gmt":"2009-05-25T10:06:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/theirbadmother\/2009\/05\/youre-looking-for-something-exciting-to-do-on-memorial-day.html"},"modified":"2009-05-25T10:06:58","modified_gmt":"2009-05-25T10:06:58","slug":"youre-looking-for-something-exciting-to-do-on-memorial-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/theirbadmother\/2009\/05\/youre-looking-for-something-exciting-to-do-on-memorial-day.html","title":{"rendered":"If You&#8217;re Looking For Something Exciting To Do On Memorial Day&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/theirbadmother\/assets_c\/2009\/05\/dirt%20a%20la%20mode-5256.html\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/112\/import\/assets_c\/2009\/05\/dirt%20a%20la%20mode-thumb-350x466-5256.jpg\" alt=\"dirt a la mode.jpg\" class=\"mt-image-center\" style=\"margin: 0pt auto 20px;text-align: center\" width=\"350\" height=\"466\" \/><\/a><\/span>Jasper highly recommends dining al fresco. In a bathing suit. With the good silverware. Any tasty foodstuff will do, but he prefers dirt. Planting soil is ideal, but any dirt will do. <\/p>\n<p>(The dirt is lovely this time of year, all the more when seasoned with a little sprinkler water and a lot of sunshine and a big bright baby smile.)<\/p>\n<p>(Ah, life. It is good, sometimes, it really is.)<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jasper highly recommends dining al fresco. In a bathing suit. With the good silverware. Any tasty foodstuff will do, but he prefers dirt. Planting soil is ideal, but any dirt will do. 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