{"id":4110,"date":"2026-05-23T20:13:06","date_gmt":"2026-05-23T20:13:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gaillardiapress.com\/blog\/?p=4110"},"modified":"2026-05-24T10:39:20","modified_gmt":"2026-05-24T10:39:20","slug":"sunday-verses-last-house-standing-5-24-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gaillardiapress.com\/blog\/?p=4110","title":{"rendered":"SUNDAY VERSES: &#8216;Last House Standing&#8217; (5\/24\/2026)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>They see it as <em>win-win<\/em> \u2014 \/ as either an ungodly outrage \/ or a damn diversion; \/ either way works.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4113\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4113\" style=\"width: 145px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/gaillardiapress.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/lasthouseeastendoib.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-4113\" src=\"http:\/\/gaillardiapress.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/lasthouseeastendoib-300x221.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"145\" height=\"107\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gaillardiapress.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/lasthouseeastendoib-300x221.jpg 300w, https:\/\/gaillardiapress.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/lasthouseeastendoib-1025x756.jpg 1025w, https:\/\/gaillardiapress.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/lasthouseeastendoib-768x567.jpg 768w, https:\/\/gaillardiapress.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/lasthouseeastendoib.jpg 1278w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 145px) 100vw, 145px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4113\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">THIS ACRYLIC STUDY (1995) by Timberley Adams shows the last house then at the eroding east end of Ocean Isle Beach.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The apparent intent, of course, \/ is that we get used to it \/ and tune it out \/ so that we don&#8217;t explode \u2014<\/p>\n<p>And not just our heads; \/ it&#8217;s also our hearts \/ and our very souls \/ that suffer from their lies and greed.<\/p>\n<p>You know, don&#8217;t you, \/ that the opposing side has already won \/ just by nudging us \/ into paying heed.<\/p>\n<p>No matter how ignorant \/ their words may be, \/ they win because we can&#8217;t ignore \/ their egregious deeds.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>They see it as win-win \u2014 \/ as either an ungodly outrage \/ or a damn diversion; \/ either way works. The apparent intent, of course, \/ is that we get used to it \/ and tune it out \/ so that we don&#8217;t explode \u2014 And not just our heads; \/ it&#8217;s also our &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/gaillardiapress.com\/blog\/?p=4110\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">SUNDAY VERSES: &#8216;Last House Standing&#8217; (5\/24\/2026)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4110","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gaillardiapress.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4110","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gaillardiapress.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gaillardiapress.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gaillardiapress.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gaillardiapress.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4110"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/gaillardiapress.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4110\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4124,"href":"https:\/\/gaillardiapress.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4110\/revisions\/4124"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gaillardiapress.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4110"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gaillardiapress.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4110"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gaillardiapress.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4110"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}