{"id":4529,"date":"2017-12-31T00:01:47","date_gmt":"2017-12-31T06:01:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blaine.org\/sevenimpossiblethings\/?p=4529"},"modified":"2017-12-30T19:58:10","modified_gmt":"2017-12-31T01:58:10","slug":"7-imps-7-kicks-567-featuring-rowboat-watkins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blaine.org\/sevenimpossiblethings\/?p=4529","title":{"rendered":"7-Imp\u2019s 7 Kicks #567: Featuring Rowboat Watkins"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blaine.org\/7pics\/2017\/12\/Rowboat2017.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/blaine.org\/7pics\/2017\/12\/Rowboat2017small.jpg\" border=1><\/a><br \/>\n<center><em>(Click to enlarge)<\/em><\/center><br \/>\n<BR>&nbsp;<BR><br \/>\nHappy New Year&#8217;s Eve Day, dear Imps!<\/p>\n<p>Today&#8217;s image is from <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/blaine.org\/sevenimpossiblethings\/?p=4353\">Rowboat Watkins<\/a><\/strong>. He&#8217;s one of my favorite illustrators, so I asked him if he had anything to share. The bottom portion of the image is a sneak-peek at Rowboat&#8217;s <em>Big Bunny<\/em>, which will be released this Spring from Chronicle Books. Next to that is what Rowboat calls glum Santas on champagne corks, as well as some painted marshmallows. You can click on the image to see it more closely. <\/p>\n<p>I thank Rowboat for sharing. His art always improves the quality of my day. <\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Note for any new readers: 7-Imp\u2019s 7 Kicks is a weekly meeting ground for taking some time to reflect on Seven(ish) Exceptionally Fabulous, Beautiful, Interesting, Hilarious, or Otherwise Positive Noteworthy Things from the past week, whether book-related or not, that happened to you. New kickers are always welcome.<\/p>\n<p><center><font size=3><strong>* * * Jules&#8217; Kicks * * *<\/strong><\/font><br \/><\/center><\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m going to keep it short again today here at 7-Imp, because honest to goodness, it just occurred to me (as I type this on Saturday night) that tomorrow is Sunday. I&#8217;ve been enjoying some time lounging around and not working. Not that 7-Imp is work, but you know what I mean. I hope. <\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s to say: I don&#8217;t have seven separate kicks today, but I will next week, promise. My kicks today are the same as they are every day \u2014 my family, my friends, my good health. Art, music, and literature. I wish everyone a happy 2018 and hope (and hope and hope) for <em>so<\/em> much better for our country this year. We have to keep hoping, yes? YES. <\/p>\n<p>Happy almost-2018! What are <strong><font size=4>YOUR<\/font><\/strong> kicks this week? <\/p>\n<p><center>* * * * * * *<\/center><\/p>\n<p><em>Image is \u00a9 2017 by Rowboat Watkins and used by his permission.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(Click to enlarge) &nbsp; Happy New Year&#8217;s Eve Day, dear Imps! Today&#8217;s image is from Rowboat Watkins. He&#8217;s one of my favorite illustrators, so I asked him if he had anything to share. The bottom portion of the image is a sneak-peek at Rowboat&#8217;s Big Bunny, which will be released this Spring from Chronicle Books. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4529","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-picture-books"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/blaine.org\/sevenimpossiblethings\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4529","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/blaine.org\/sevenimpossiblethings\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/blaine.org\/sevenimpossiblethings\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blaine.org\/sevenimpossiblethings\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blaine.org\/sevenimpossiblethings\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4529"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/blaine.org\/sevenimpossiblethings\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4529\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/blaine.org\/sevenimpossiblethings\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4529"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blaine.org\/sevenimpossiblethings\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4529"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blaine.org\/sevenimpossiblethings\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4529"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}