{"id":10201,"date":"2018-09-06T19:57:46","date_gmt":"2018-09-06T19:57:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/solaceinabook.com\/site\/?p=10201"},"modified":"2018-09-06T19:57:46","modified_gmt":"2018-09-06T19:57:46","slug":"rainy-days-and-difficult-teachers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/solaceinabook.com\/site\/2018\/09\/rainy-days-and-difficult-teachers\/","title":{"rendered":"Rainy days and difficult teachers"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"It\u2019s been rainy for days here in Chicago. Fortunately I\u2019ve had a good book to keep me occupied and which I recommend.<\/p>\n

\"\"It\u2019s Night Hawks<\/strong><\/em> by Charles Johnson<\/a> (Scribner, 2018)<\/strong>. It is a collection of stories. Many of the stories start with an epigraph.<\/p>\n

The story \u201cWelcome to Wedgewood\u201d<\/strong> begins with a quote from an Associated Press news item and one from Kahlil Gibran<\/strong><\/a>. It is this latter one that has occupied my thoughts so I share it with you.<\/p>\n

Peace, love, and solace<\/strong><\/p>\n

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I have learned silence from the talkative, toleration from the intolerant, and kindness from the unkind; yet, strange I am ungrateful to those teachers.<\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n

Kahlil Gibran<\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n

 <\/p>\n

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Raindrop art \u00a9 Ellen Wade Beals, 2018<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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