{"id":597,"date":"2026-09-29T01:19:00","date_gmt":"2026-09-29T08:19:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sarahfromtherah.art\/?p=597"},"modified":"2026-09-29T01:19:00","modified_gmt":"2026-09-29T08:19:00","slug":"off-on-her-next-adventure-riley-bauman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sarahfromtherah.art\/?p=597","title":{"rendered":"Off on her next adventure (Riley Bauman)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Sarah,\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>How devastating it was for me to hear of your passing&#8230;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Having spent countless hours together in our shared garden singing with the frogs and eating tomatoes and blueberries until we were &#8220;SAZIATTO!!&#8221;, I know a little part of you is with me anywhere we are in the universe.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>My last experience with you was the week before I left on an extended trip to New Zealand. I was amidst deep grief and we met in the misty garden around 10am. We ripped out the tomatoes and the woven willow we&#8217;d made and then went back to your house to do a massage exchange and a sauna.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>You burned words in head that day. You said: &#8220;bon voyage chickie, who knows what&#8217;s next&#8221;.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>I felt like I&#8217;d see you again, but I was mistaken.<\/p>\n<p>We spoke a lot about death throughout our friendship. We spoke about loss and grief and joy and we even cried tears into your brand new decking when we stained it.<\/p>\n<p>I returned to Canada for a quick 3 months before returning to NZ and I tried to visit you. Our schedules missed but I know that our last moments together meant everything. Just as it was meant to be.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ll think of you fondly whenever I touch a piano or anytime I give a massage. Our frequent swims and garden talks brought me so much joy. You taught me so much and were a kindred friend to me.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ll see you in my dreams. We&#8217;ll eat tomatoes and sing to the frogs.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Ps: I left the yellow watering can in the garden shed. You can have it \u2764\ufe0f<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sarah,\u00a0 How devastating it was for me to hear of your passing&#8230;\u00a0 Having spent countless hours together in our shared garden singing with the frogs and eating tomatoes and blueberries until we were &#8220;SAZIATTO!!&#8221;, I know a little part of you is with me anywhere we are in the universe.\u00a0 My last experience with you [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-597","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sarahfromtherah.art\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/597","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sarahfromtherah.art\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sarahfromtherah.art\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sarahfromtherah.art\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sarahfromtherah.art\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=597"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sarahfromtherah.art\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/597\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sarahfromtherah.art\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=597"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sarahfromtherah.art\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=597"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sarahfromtherah.art\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=597"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}