{"id":1392,"date":"2022-03-13T16:04:05","date_gmt":"2022-03-13T21:04:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ldinmanbooks.com\/?p=1392"},"modified":"2022-03-13T16:04:09","modified_gmt":"2022-03-13T21:04:09","slug":"now-the-green-blade-riseth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/ldinmanbooks.com\/index.php\/2022\/03\/13\/now-the-green-blade-riseth\/","title":{"rendered":"Now the green blade riseth"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The thing about the impossible, is that it continues being impossible right up until it isn&#8217;t anymore.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>That goes for many kinds of things, and it cuts in more than one direction. But right now I&#8217;m mostly thinking about world events. There are tipping points accumulating in all sorts of places, and suddenly I don&#8217;t think we&#8217;re fighting a <em>rearguard<\/em> action against fascism, cruelty, and cynicism. I think we have a potential for a rout on our hands. But we have to build up the possible.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"2560\" data-attachment-id=\"1380\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/ldinmanbooks.com\/pxl_20220311_163020488\/\" data-orig-file=\"http:\/\/ldinmanbooks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/PXL_20220311_163020488-scaled.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1920,2560\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;1.73&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;Pixel 4a 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