{"id":504,"date":"2026-10-14T15:23:48","date_gmt":"2026-10-14T15:23:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thecatbirdsang.com\/www\/?p=504"},"modified":"2026-10-14T15:23:48","modified_gmt":"2026-10-14T15:23:48","slug":"a-fine-balance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thecatbirdsang.com\/www\/a-fine-balance\/","title":{"rendered":"A Fine Balance"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A Fine Balance<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Spring, a fine balance<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">between Winter and Summer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The air doesn\u2019t know whether<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">to blow cool and stiff<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">or warm and easy in April.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The blueberry halts its flower<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">production with Winter\u2019s last blast<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">only to have bumblebees<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">go from bloom to bloom<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">for nectar in the next day\u2019s warmth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Deep depressions and momentary highs<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">mark my days and nights. The energy it takes<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">to flit from one to another balances each other<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">to zero.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If the day is sunny, I am able to dig the violets<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">out of the new plantings\u2019 beds. If cloudy, it is all<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I can do to stay out of bed.&nbsp; I only have energy<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">for the mindless entertainment that pours into the house.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Will the scales tip in favor<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">of the clear warm day<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">or lean into the night?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The Wise Owl<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; May 2025<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Fine Balance Spring, a fine balance between Winter and Summer. The air doesn\u2019t know whether to blow cool and stiff or warm and easy in April. The blueberry halts its flower production with Winter\u2019s last blast only to have bumblebees go from bloom to bloom for nectar in the next day\u2019s warmth. Deep depressions&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/thecatbirdsang.com\/www\/a-fine-balance\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">A Fine Balance<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-504","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-poems","category-published-poems"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thecatbirdsang.com\/www\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/504","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thecatbirdsang.com\/www\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thecatbirdsang.com\/www\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thecatbirdsang.com\/www\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thecatbirdsang.com\/www\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=504"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thecatbirdsang.com\/www\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/504\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":505,"href":"https:\/\/thecatbirdsang.com\/www\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/504\/revisions\/505"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thecatbirdsang.com\/www\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=504"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thecatbirdsang.com\/www\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=504"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thecatbirdsang.com\/www\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=504"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}