{"id":1627,"date":"2016-03-17T23:08:15","date_gmt":"2016-03-18T04:08:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lostpineslife.com\/?p=1627"},"modified":"2016-03-17T23:12:20","modified_gmt":"2016-03-18T04:12:20","slug":"march","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lostpineslife.com\/?p=1627","title":{"rendered":"March Promises and the Nature Cure for Primary Madness"},"content":{"rendered":"

March Promises<\/h2>\n

Little Piney in March is a green and happy place. \u00a0The landscape is\u00a0tame and parklike after a late winter mowing, and full of promises of things to come–the first wildflowers, the first butterflies, mounds of dewberry blossoms, \u00a0and tiny eggs that will hatch by Easter. \u00a0Nature is a welcome antidote to the ugly politics dominating our primary elections.<\/p>\n

The Nature Cure<\/h2>\n

What would happen if Americans one and all boycotted the news and spent mornings and evenings outdoors celebrating the goodness of our natural world and clearing our minds. \u00a0For one thing, we would consider the health of our Earth when we cast our ballots. \u00a0For another, surely we would come to our senses and nominate someone \u00a0we could imagine walking beside us, valuing as we do life, beauty, honesty, and goodness. \u00a0If nothing else, research shows that nature reduces depression and anxiety, increases attention, and speeds healing. \u00a0 So, why not? \u00a0Join me in the nature cure?<\/p>\n

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March Promises Little Piney in March is a green and happy place. \u00a0The landscape is\u00a0tame and parklike after a late winter mowing, and full of promises of things to come–the first wildflowers, the first butterflies, mounds of dewberry blossoms, \u00a0and tiny eggs that will hatch by Easter. \u00a0Nature is a welcome antidote to the uglyContinue reading<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1643,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_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":""},"categories":[22,259],"tags":[81,273,271,272],"class_list":["post-1627","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bastrop-lost-pines-nature","category-nature-and-the-human-spirit","tag-nature-and-healing","tag-nature-and-mood","tag-nature-cure","tag-spring"],"yoast_head":"\nMarch Promises and the Nature Cure for Primary Madness - Lost Pines Life<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"What would happen if Americans one and all boycotted the news and spent mornings and evenings outdoors celebrating the goodness of our natural world and clearing our minds. 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