{"id":6235,"date":"2020-05-26T12:28:10","date_gmt":"2020-05-26T20:28:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rknibbe.com\/Wordpress\/?p=6235"},"modified":"2020-06-04T15:16:34","modified_gmt":"2020-06-04T23:16:34","slug":"togetherness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rknibbe.com\/Wordpress\/archives\/6235","title":{"rendered":"Togetherness"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">Ah, carefree co-mingling, remember that? Friends clustered in the kitchen, respiring heavily, festive hugging, packin&#8217; the ol&#8217; pie-hole with cheese fondue, carrying on as if we were all immortal<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><a href=\"\/blog\/\/images\/2020\/May\/fondue.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium\" src=\"\/blog\/\/images\/2020\/May\/fondue.jpg\" width=\"1200\" height=\"900\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">Yesteryear, those were the days. <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">It&#8217;s been said we are social animals. Human contact is the salve for what ails us. More than that, absent the healing power of Togetherness we&#8217;d all just as soon wither quietly, loneliness and despair our indifferent companions. Some say Togetherness is so critical for life you might as well take away air and water.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">Then, out of nowhere, like an approaching tornado &#8211; &#8220;Everyone scatter! Hunker down! Shelter in place, save yourself!&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">And just like that, Togetherness, at once a requirement for life is now the very thing that may lead to the end of yours.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ah, carefree co-mingling, remember that? Friends clustered in the kitchen, respiring heavily, festive hugging, packin&#8217; the ol&#8217; pie-hole with cheese fondue, carrying on as if we were all immortal Yesteryear, those were the days. It&#8217;s been said we are social animals. 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