{"id":60732,"date":"2020-06-26T08:54:54","date_gmt":"2020-06-26T12:54:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/?p=60732"},"modified":"2020-06-27T20:38:11","modified_gmt":"2020-06-28T00:38:11","slug":"greetings-fellow-marathoners","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/2020\/06\/greetings-fellow-marathoners\/","title":{"rendered":"Greetings fellow marathoners!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-60739 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/ajanta_pinterest2-235x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"99\" height=\"127\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/ajanta_pinterest2-235x300.jpg 235w, https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/ajanta_pinterest2.jpg 753w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 99px) 100vw, 99px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>My home is on Phillip Island off the Bass coast in the south of Victoria, Australia.<\/p>\n<p>I guess the fact that we are participating in the marathon is an indication that we are healthy and well.<\/p>\n<p>And I also guess there might also be a lot of Covid-19 related poetry happening.<\/p>\n<p>The marathon has snuck up on me but I will do it anyway. I&#8217;m a poet, writer and photographer at heart so I&#8217;m looking forward to all aspects &#8211; but not excited about losing sleep!<\/p>\n<p>Following Jemima&#8217;s lead, here is some more about me:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Work: <\/b>Women&#8217;s mentor, employment advisor, end of life consultant, small business owner<\/li>\n<li><strong>Daily cravings<\/strong>: Poetry, photography, nature, my dogs, chocolate<\/li>\n<li><strong>Study<\/strong>: Currently doing a Masters in Creative Writing and literature<\/li>\n<li><strong>Motivation for entering the poetry marathon<\/strong>: To loosen up my creative juices and see what I can come up with.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Links to my websites and social media:<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>https:\/\/ajantajudd.com.au\/<\/li>\n<li>https:\/\/www.ajantajudd.com\/<\/li>\n<li>https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/ajantajudd\/<\/li>\n<li>https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/ajantajudd\/<\/li>\n<li>https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ajantajudd<\/li>\n<li>https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ajantajuddphotography\/<\/li>\n<li>https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/thegloryoftrees\/<\/li>\n<li>https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ajantajuddconsulting\/<\/li>\n<li>https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/islandsmallbusinessservices<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>My approach will be relaxed and I intend to make it a (hopefully) non-stressful part of my day\/night. I&#8217;m not doing anything special food or drink wise but I might go for drives around the Island for inspiration. It&#8217;s only 23 kilometres long and max 10k wide but it&#8217;s spectacular and we&#8217;ve got all the whales coming past on their annual migration at the moment.<\/p>\n<p>I wish everyone all the best and good luck!<\/p>\n<p>Ajanta<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My home is on Phillip Island off the Bass coast in the south of Victoria, Australia. I guess the fact that we are participating in the marathon is an indication that we are healthy and well. And I also guess there might also be a&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":227,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-60732","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-introductions"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60732","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/227"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=60732"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60732\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":60757,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60732\/revisions\/60757"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=60732"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=60732"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=60732"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}