{"id":2758,"date":"2025-10-07T19:12:21","date_gmt":"2025-10-07T19:12:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bobboydpoems.com\/the-challenging-of-the-coming-cold\/"},"modified":"2025-10-07T19:12:21","modified_gmt":"2025-10-07T19:12:21","slug":"the-challenging-of-the-coming-cold","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bobwriting.com\/poems\/the-challenging-of-the-coming-cold\/","title":{"rendered":"The Challenging of the Coming Cold"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Challenge of the Coming Cold<\/p>\n<p>I look forward to the coming cold weather,<br>\nthe challenge of surviving it with little heat \u2013<br>\nintentionally.<\/p>\n<p>Comforters and Sherpa blankets, layers<br>\nof warm clothing.<\/p>\n<p>Fire proof space heaters only when<br>\nabsolutely necessary.<\/p>\n<p>Windows weatherized, door draft stoppers<br>\nready for use.<\/p>\n<p>An indomitable will to withstand the cold,<br>\nthe challenge, the triumphant victory over it.<\/p>\n<p>Bob Boyd  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Challenge of the Coming Cold I look forward to the coming cold weather, the challenge of surviving it with little heat \u2013 intentionally. Comforters and Sherpa blankets, layers of warm clothing. Fire proof space heaters only when absolutely necessary. Windows weatherized, door draft stoppers ready for use. An indomitable will to withstand the cold,&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/bobwriting.com\/poems\/the-challenging-of-the-coming-cold\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bobwriting.com\/poems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2758"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bobwriting.com\/poems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bobwriting.com\/poems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bobwriting.com\/poems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bobwriting.com\/poems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2758"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/bobwriting.com\/poems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2758\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bobwriting.com\/poems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2758"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bobwriting.com\/poems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2758"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bobwriting.com\/poems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2758"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}