{"id":2,"date":"2013-08-09T17:00:51","date_gmt":"2013-08-09T17:00:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/swirleyeyedsister.com\/site\/?page_id=2"},"modified":"2023-11-08T23:19:31","modified_gmt":"2023-11-08T23:19:31","slug":"sample-page","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/swirly-eyedsister.com\/?page_id=2","title":{"rendered":"About the Swirly-eyed Sisterhood"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_363\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-363\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/swirleyeyedsister.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/John-his-chicken.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-363\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-363 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/swirleyeyedsister.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/John-his-chicken-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"John &amp; his chicken\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swirly-eyedsister.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/John-his-chicken-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/swirly-eyedsister.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/John-his-chicken-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/swirly-eyedsister.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/John-his-chicken.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-363\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">John, the master of nomenclature, with his dream chicken in New Orleans<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Being a swirly-eyed sister has its drawbacks. People back away. Stop listening. Run in the opposite direction. Turn up the volume on the radio.<\/p>\n<p>Nevertheless, I am happy to be who I am and to share my swirly-eyed sisterhood with my friend Jane, the other swirly-eyed sister. My hubby, John, an expert in witty nomenclature, dubbed us the swirly-eyed sisters years ago after we both held forth on some topic or another about which we felt especially passionate. He swears our eyes swirled.<\/p>\n<p>Jane and I share many passions\u2014dogs, local foods, justice for the powerless and the mistreated. We also have our separate rants. Among my top ten are correct grammar (for), Andrew Jackson (against), LBJ (for), and jargon (against times ten).<\/p>\n<p>To be a swirly-eyed sister, one has to be passionate about one&#8217;s place in the world. To be a swirly-eyed sister\u2014to care so much about something that one has to voice one&#8217;s opinion loud and clear\u2014is to embrace life. To be a swirly-eyed sister, one has to have a laugh now and then\u2014even if it&#8217;s at oneself.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Being a swirly-eyed sister has its drawbacks. People back away. Stop listening. Run in the opposite direction. Turn up the volume on the radio. Nevertheless, I am happy to be who I am and to share my swirly-eyed sisterhood with <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/swirly-eyedsister.com\/?page_id=2\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  About the Swirly-eyed Sisterhood<\/span><span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/swirly-eyedsister.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/swirly-eyedsister.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/swirly-eyedsister.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swirly-eyedsister.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swirly-eyedsister.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/swirly-eyedsister.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":477,"href":"https:\/\/swirly-eyedsister.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2\/revisions\/477"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/swirly-eyedsister.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}