{"id":8125,"date":"2021-12-13T08:57:24","date_gmt":"2021-12-13T08:57:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kadence.pixel-show.com\/wooden-craft\/?page_id=13"},"modified":"2025-08-07T17:18:19","modified_gmt":"2025-08-07T21:18:19","slug":"home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/maryrajotte.com\/blog\/","title":{"rendered":"Mary Rajotte &#8211; Homepage"},"content":{"rendered":"<style>.kb-row-layout-wrap.wp-block-kadence-rowlayout.kb-row-layout-id8125_7be889-40{margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;}.kb-row-layout-id8125_7be889-40 > .kt-row-column-wrap{align-content:center;}:where(.kb-row-layout-id8125_7be889-40 > .kt-row-column-wrap) > .wp-block-kadence-column{justify-content:center;}.kb-row-layout-id8125_7be889-40 > .kt-row-column-wrap{column-gap:var(--global-kb-gap-none, 0rem );row-gap:var(--global-kb-gap-none, 0rem );max-width:var( --global-content-width, 1290px 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noopener\">Bleak Midwinter<\/a>, her short \u201cThe Stone Mother\u201d concerns the same theme: worshiping an old god to bring prosperity to the land. 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