{"id":541,"date":"2018-11-27T09:17:08","date_gmt":"2018-11-27T09:17:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jamesbaileyblackshear.com\/index.php\/about\/"},"modified":"2023-05-13T15:53:17","modified_gmt":"2023-05-13T15:53:17","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/jamesbaileyblackshear.com\/index.php\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"541\" class=\"elementor elementor-541\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-5c40d7b elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"5c40d7b\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-2ebbf9c\" data-id=\"2ebbf9c\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-dc051dd elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"dc051dd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! 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elementor - v3.10.1 - 17-01-2023 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#818a91;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#818a91;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Archodialbragen1031 discovers children are more than fables and the past is never over<\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-e5fdae0\" data-id=\"e5fdae0\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6d1a71e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6d1a71e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>EXCERPT:<\/strong><\/p><p>Somewhat reluctantly, all the children but Misla began to back away. Still holding zas hand, she led zam up the steps. Feelwin held the door.<\/p><p>\u201cI have to go now,\u201d she said.<\/p><p>Bragen could see inside. There was someone else there, but otherwise the building seemed empty.\u00a0 Zie looked back. The children were walking across the field toward another building. Like a soft breeze, a hollow feeling passed through zam.\u00a0 Misla squeezed zas hand.<\/p><p>\u201cIt is ok,\u201d she said.<\/p><p>As she spoke, the ring around her neck faded, then turned a brighter orange. She looked up at zam. Bragen bent down. Those hazel-colored eyes seemed to suck something out of zam. Her mouth turned up. Bragen knew this was something pleasant, like a language, but could not relate it to anything zie knew.<\/p><p>\u201cWhere will you go now?\u201d Zie asked.<\/p><p>\u201cBack to school. I will be with my friends there.\u201d<\/p><p>\u201cWhat do you do there?\u201d<\/p><p>\u201cLearn.\u201d<\/p><p>Bragen knew the word, but only within an animal context. How a rooker learned to fly. A baby sly-tail\u2019s first venture out of its ground hole.\u00a0 How forest and desert animals adapted to their individual environments. That was what Misla was talking about, but probably something more. What?<\/p><p>Still bent over, zie asked, \u201cSo, what could you teach me that you have learned?\u201d<\/p><p>Misla reached over and placed her arms around zas neck and whispered, \u201cNot to be afraid.\u201d<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-e90a943 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"e90a943\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-2126f92\" data-id=\"2126f92\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-43a347a elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"43a347a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! 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