{"id":11489,"date":"2017-04-19T14:31:36","date_gmt":"2017-04-19T14:31:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/myaorg.com\/blog\/?p=11489"},"modified":"2018-06-01T18:07:24","modified_gmt":"2018-06-01T18:07:24","slug":"debbie-wacks-cultural-corner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/myaorg.com\/blog\/debbie-wacks-cultural-corner\/","title":{"rendered":"Debbie Wacks, Cultural Corner"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/myaorg.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Cultural.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11497 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/myaorg.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Cultural-300x191.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"755\" height=\"481\" srcset=\"https:\/\/myaorg.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Cultural-300x191.jpg 300w, https:\/\/myaorg.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Cultural-768x488.jpg 768w, https:\/\/myaorg.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Cultural-1024x651.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/myaorg.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Cultural-600x381.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 755px) 100vw, 755px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Dear Readers,<\/p>\n<p>It is not easy to get to, but that\u2019s why it feels like a sort of pilgrimage to visit the Ancient Serpent Mound in Peebles, Ohio. I recently had the good fortune to make the trip to this preserved giant grassy snake-like form that undulates for over 1,000 feet. It is commonly believed that American Indians built this earthwork perhaps two-thousand years ago.<\/p>\n<p>But, to me, the most meaningful qualities of this effigy relate to what we don\u2019t know about it. Like, what was it used for? A burial ground? Ceremonial rituals? Or some sort of astronomical device? For the serpent\u2019s oval head perfectly aligns with the setting solstice sun. Whatever the case may be, a timeless wooded natural environment gently enwraps the serpent and contributes to the beautiful energy of the site. And, as I slowly encircled the mound, I could sense a feeling of connection with our quiet, mysterious human past.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Dear Readers, It is not easy to get to, but that\u2019s why it feels like a sort of pilgrimage to visit the Ancient Serpent Mound in Peebles, Ohio. I recently had the good fortune to make the trip to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[138,133],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11489","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cultural-corner","category-eng"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/myaorg.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11489","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/myaorg.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/myaorg.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/myaorg.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/myaorg.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11489"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/myaorg.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11489\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11501,"href":"https:\/\/myaorg.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11489\/revisions\/11501"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/myaorg.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11489"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/myaorg.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11489"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/myaorg.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11489"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}