{"id":147,"date":"2026-03-19T17:12:11","date_gmt":"2026-03-19T05:12:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/totarareste.com\/?page_id=147"},"modified":"2026-03-19T17:12:11","modified_gmt":"2026-03-19T05:12:11","slug":"the-courtier","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/totarareste.com\/?page_id=147","title":{"rendered":"The Courtier"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Right side, nearest the house but further out<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u200bThe bridge between the &#8220;Wild Paddock&#8221; and the &#8220;Formal Guards&#8221; of the house.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u200bThe Persona: The graceful intermediary. He is the &#8220;Scholar&#8221; or the &#8220;Poet&#8221; who prepares the heart for the home.<br><br>\u200bThe Narrative:<br>\u200b&#8221;I am the Liaison of the Light. I stand between the wide world and the hearth-fire, catching the golden hour before it reaches the door. I am the tree of the &#8216;Liss&#8217;\u2014the gentle peace that settles before sleep. I watch the house from a distance, a silent witness to the generations that dwell within.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"614\" src=\"http:\/\/totarareste.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/cropped-20251109_060933-1024x614.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-60\" srcset=\"https:\/\/totarareste.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/cropped-20251109_060933-1024x614.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/totarareste.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/cropped-20251109_060933-300x180.jpg 300w, https:\/\/totarareste.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/cropped-20251109_060933-768x461.jpg 768w, https:\/\/totarareste.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/cropped-20251109_060933-1536x922.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/totarareste.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/cropped-20251109_060933.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Right side, nearest the house but further out \u200bThe bridge between the &#8220;Wild Paddock&#8221; and the &#8220;Formal Guards&#8221; of the house. \u200bThe Persona: The graceful intermediary. He is the &#8220;Scholar&#8221; or the &#8220;Poet&#8221; who prepares the heart for the home. \u200bThe Narrative:\u200b&#8221;I am the Liaison of the Light. I stand between the wide world and &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/totarareste.com\/?page_id=147\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;The Courtier&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-147","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/totarareste.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/147","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/totarareste.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/totarareste.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/totarareste.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/totarareste.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=147"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/totarareste.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/147\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":148,"href":"https:\/\/totarareste.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/147\/revisions\/148"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/totarareste.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=147"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}