{"id":682,"date":"2013-10-01T13:01:42","date_gmt":"2013-10-01T19:01:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wyomingextension.org\/agambassadors\/?p=682"},"modified":"2013-10-01T13:01:42","modified_gmt":"2013-10-01T19:01:42","slug":"seek-the-good-in-the-bad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wyoextension.org\/agambassadors\/seek-the-good-in-the-bad\/","title":{"rendered":"Seek the Good in the Bad"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><figure id=\"attachment_238\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-238\" style=\"width: 155px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wyoextension.org\/agambassadors\/wp-content\/uploads\/herran-tyler.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.wyoextension.org\/agambassadors\/wp-content\/uploads\/herran-tyler.jpg\" alt=\"Tyler Harran\" width=\"165\" height=\"300\" class=\"size-full wp-image-238\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-238\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tyler Harran<\/figcaption><\/figure>  Well, another summer has come and (nearly) gone.  My lone tomato plant has quietly senesced.  The heater is clicking on at more frequent intervals.  And I now keep my boots and jackets readily available at the door.  I have always had mixed feelings about the winter time, and in Laramie, it feels more like a yin and yang relationship than anywhere else.  For one, the doldrums of winter bring families and people closer together.  On the other hand, low temperatures do tend to force people into close quarters.  I\u2019ve always loved the smell of pumpkin spice and wholesome food.  But, it seems to come at the cost of cool evenings at the grill with charcoal burning.  At least there\u2019s football!  And crock pots!  I think living in Laramie, WY has taught me to seek the good in the bad, and to appreciate things for what they are.  Sure, summer is fading, but without winter, I would not appreciate summer as much as I do.  This year, I am making my resolution early.  I\u2019m going to enjoy the early sunsets, the dull sound of my footsteps when everything is covered in a blanket of snow, and the warmth of being in a home with wonderful friends and family.  There, I think I\u2019ve sufficiently cheered myself up!  This year, winter may be the same, but my outlook will be different \u2013 who knows, one day I will probably even miss these cold days in Laramie.  So I\u2019m going to give it a fair shake.  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Well, another summer has come and (nearly) gone. My lone tomato plant has quietly senesced. The heater is clicking on at more frequent intervals. And I now keep my boots and jackets readily available at the door. I have always had mixed feelings about the winter time, and in Laramie, it feels more like a &#8230; <a title=\"Seek the Good in the Bad\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/wyoextension.org\/agambassadors\/seek-the-good-in-the-bad\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about Seek the Good in the Bad\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-682","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ag-ambassadors"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p9Le20-b0","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wyoextension.org\/agambassadors\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/682"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wyoextension.org\/agambassadors\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wyoextension.org\/agambassadors\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wyoextension.org\/agambassadors\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wyoextension.org\/agambassadors\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=682"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wyoextension.org\/agambassadors\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/682\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wyoextension.org\/agambassadors\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=682"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wyoextension.org\/agambassadors\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=682"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wyoextension.org\/agambassadors\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=682"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}