{"id":347,"date":"2023-04-26T00:25:46","date_gmt":"2023-04-25T23:25:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thingsistillremember.wordpress.com\/?p=347"},"modified":"2023-08-26T21:59:02","modified_gmt":"2023-08-26T19:59:02","slug":"menopause-and-the-chill-of-gardening","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thethingsiremember.co.uk\/index.php\/2023\/04\/26\/menopause-and-the-chill-of-gardening\/","title":{"rendered":"Menopause and the chill of gardening"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thethingsiremember.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/349999248_1677101606135704_8760638718350623181_n.jpg?resize=640%2C480&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-586\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thethingsiremember.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/349999248_1677101606135704_8760638718350623181_n.jpg?w=960&amp;ssl=1 960w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thethingsiremember.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/349999248_1677101606135704_8760638718350623181_n.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thethingsiremember.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/349999248_1677101606135704_8760638718350623181_n.jpg?resize=768%2C576&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thethingsiremember.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/349999248_1677101606135704_8760638718350623181_n.jpg?resize=850%2C638&amp;ssl=1 850w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I\u2019ve been reading a book about middle age and this paragraph struck me:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2018Menopause, at its best, can be a sacred pause in the hurtling trajectory of life. It is a time when all the \u201cdross\u201d can be shed, all those years of compromising, adapting, pretending to be something we\u2019re not, all the veils and masks we wear. Instead we can live in a manner more aligned with our passions and our longings.\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I went to my compost bin today and discovered gold. A rich crumbly compost myself and my two neighbours created out of tea bags and banana peel and bits of cardboard. I used it to plant two massive planters of potatoes for us. This is what life is about now and it\u2019s absolutely priceless. Fucking priceless.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I\u2019ve been reading a book about middle age and this paragraph struck me: \u2018Menopause, at its best, can be a sacred pause in the hurtling trajectory of life. 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