{"id":408,"date":"2011-01-15T23:47:02","date_gmt":"2011-01-15T23:47:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thedesertecho.com\/blog\/?p=408"},"modified":"2019-03-08T20:21:50","modified_gmt":"2019-03-08T09:21:50","slug":"balancing-acts-and-goat-guardians","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thedesertecho.com\/blog\/balancing-acts-and-goat-guardians\/","title":{"rendered":"BALANCING ACTS AND GOAT GUARDIANS"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thedesertecho.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/DesertEcho-CalEarth2011.01.14_021.jpg\" data-lightbox=\"gal[408]\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-418\" title=\"DesertEcho-CalEarth2011.01.14_02\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thedesertecho.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/DesertEcho-CalEarth2011.01.14_021.jpg?resize=660%2C440\" alt=\"\" width=\"660\" height=\"440\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thedesertecho.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/DesertEcho-CalEarth2011.01.14_031.jpg\" data-lightbox=\"gal[408]\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-419\" title=\"DesertEcho-CalEarth2011.01.14_03\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thedesertecho.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/DesertEcho-CalEarth2011.01.14_031.jpg?resize=660%2C440\" alt=\"\" width=\"660\" height=\"440\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thedesertecho.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/DesertEcho-CalEarth2011.01.14_041.jpg\" data-lightbox=\"gal[408]\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-420\" title=\"DesertEcho-CalEarth2011.01.14_04\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thedesertecho.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/DesertEcho-CalEarth2011.01.14_041.jpg?resize=660%2C440\" alt=\"\" width=\"660\" height=\"440\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thedesertecho.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/DesertEcho-CalEarth2011.01.14_052.jpg\" data-lightbox=\"gal[408]\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-421\" title=\"DesertEcho-CalEarth2011.01.14_05\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thedesertecho.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/DesertEcho-CalEarth2011.01.14_052.jpg?resize=660%2C440\" alt=\"\" width=\"660\" height=\"440\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>At CAL-Earth they would make anyone who called the earth &#8220;dirt&#8221; do push ups or laps, but I think Heather and Sheefteh let us off easier because our &#8220;earth&#8221; was actually old landfill and many treasures were to be found in the mountains of &#8220;earth&#8221;: old woollen jumpers, glass bottles, plastic bags and unknown squishy things. 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