{"id":4460,"date":"2006-03-28T16:09:38","date_gmt":"2006-03-28T20:09:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/formerlyknownas\/2006\/03\/28\/a-haiku-kind-of-day\/"},"modified":"2011-08-05T14:54:02","modified_gmt":"2011-08-05T18:54:02","slug":"a-haiku-kind-of-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/2006\/03\/28\/a-haiku-kind-of-day\/","title":{"rendered":"a haiku kind of day"},"content":{"rendered":"

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michael dylan welch<\/FONT><\/A> shared his Thornewood<\/EM> hiking<\/FONT><\/DIV>
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  haiku & photo<\/FONT><\/A> from Open Window<\/EM><\/A><\/FONT><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/DIV>
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