{"id":573890766,"date":"2018-05-01T21:22:32","date_gmt":"2018-05-02T02:22:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.kennysmith.org\/wordpress\/?p=573890766"},"modified":"2022-05-16T15:33:26","modified_gmt":"2022-05-16T19:33:26","slug":"welcome-to-may","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kennysmith.org\/wordpress\/blog\/2018\/05\/01\/welcome-to-may\/","title":{"rendered":"Welcome to May"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We hold onto it for as long as we can, and that makes the days more fleeting somehow.<\/p>\n<p><center><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.kennysmith.org\/photo\/may18\/may01.jpg\"><\/center><\/p>\n<p>The sun is getting higher and the skies are growing warmer and those things will keep changing until they reach their own stasis that is its own status quo.<\/p>\n<p><center><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.kennysmith.org\/photo\/may18\/may02.jpg\"><\/center><\/p>\n<p>The signs are all there.<\/p>\n<p><center><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.kennysmith.org\/photo\/may18\/may03.jpg\"><\/center><\/p>\n<p>But we&#8217;ll hold onto this for just a little while.<\/p>\n<p>I actually, finally, got on my bicycle yesterday. I just cruised around the neighborhood, trying to figure out if I still know how to do this. <\/p>\n<p><center><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" data-instgrm-captioned data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/BiNlmLoHsgI\/\" data-instgrm-version=\"8\" style=\" background:#FFF; border:0; border-radius:3px; box-shadow:0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width:658px; padding:0; width:99.375%; width:-webkit-calc(100% - 2px); width:calc(100% - 2px);\">\n<div style=\"padding:8px;\">\n<div style=\" background:#F8F8F8; line-height:0; margin-top:40px; padding:28.125% 0; text-align:center; width:100%;\">\n<div style=\" background:url(data:image\/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAACwAAAAsCAMAAAApWqozAAAABGdBTUEAALGPC\/xhBQAAAAFzUkdCAK7OHOkAAAAMUExURczMzPf399fX1+bm5mzY9AMAAADiSURBVDjLvZXbEsMgCES5\/P8\/t9FuRVCRmU73JWlzosgSIIZURCjo\/ad+EQJJB4Hv8BFt+IDpQoCx1wjOSBFhh2XssxEIYn3ulI\/6MNReE07UIWJEv8UEOWDS88LY97kqyTliJKKtuYBbruAyVh5wOHiXmpi5we58Ek028czwyuQdLKPG1Bkb4NnM+VeAnfHqn1k4+GPT6uGQcvu2h2OVuIf\/gWUFyy8OWEpdyZSa3aVCqpVoVvzZZ2VTnn2wU8qzVjDDetO90GSy9mVLqtgYSy231MxrY6I2gGqjrTY0L8fxCxfCBbhWrsYYAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC); display:block; height:44px; margin:0 auto -44px; position:relative; top:-22px; width:44px;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\" margin:8px 0 0 0; padding:0 4px;\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/BiNlmLoHsgI\/\" style=\" color:#000; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; line-height:17px; text-decoration:none; word-wrap:break-word;\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u202aA little 15-mile neighborhood shakedown ride. Beautiful evening to pedal into. #Specialied #Allez #IAmSpecialized\u202c<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\" color:#c9c8cd; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; line-height:17px; margin-bottom:0; margin-top:8px; overflow:hidden; padding:8px 0 7px; text-align:center; text-overflow:ellipsis; white-space:nowrap;\">A post shared by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/kennydsmith\/\" style=\" color:#c9c8cd; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; line-height:17px;\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> Kenny Smith<\/a> (@kennydsmith) on <time style=\" font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; line-height:17px;\" datetime=\"2018-04-30T23:02:29+00:00\">Apr 30, 2018 at 4:02pm PDT<\/time><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async defer src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/center><\/p>\n<p>So far this &#8220;spring&#8221; I have found free time on days with bad weather and every warm day I was indoors. It&#8217;s been almost comical. I somehow get a little more of my time back in the summer. It&#8217;s a curious mystery, but it is what it is. This is thing I figured out on my bike today: those things flow right off the back when you&#8217;re in the right gear.<\/p>\n<p>Maybe I&#8217;ll find a way to get a lot more rides in. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We hold onto it for as long as we can, and that makes the days more fleeting somehow. The sun is getting higher and the skies are growing warmer and those things will keep changing until they reach their own stasis that is its own status quo. The signs are all there. 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