{"id":118764,"date":"2018-05-30T17:10:09","date_gmt":"2018-05-30T16:10:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/?p=118764"},"modified":"2018-05-30T17:10:09","modified_gmt":"2018-05-30T16:10:09","slug":"a-slight-touch-of-the-sad-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/2018\/05\/30\/a-slight-touch-of-the-sad-today\/","title":{"rendered":"A slight touch of the sad today"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I am quite affected by the lack of sun, it makes a huge difference to my mood and I have one of those SAD lamps which is supposed to give the effect of being in full daylight. It seems to make a difference which is good. But the summer is the thing that really starts to sort it out though. We have had a false start with a few really bright and warm days but we seem to be back to the rain and gloom again now.\u00a0 Its not just my mood but also the aches and pains that seem to come with the rain so it&#8217;s a bit of a double whammy really.<br \/>\n<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"118816\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/2018\/05\/30\/a-slight-touch-of-the-sad-today\/shoping-at-the-superu\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/shoping-at-the-SuperU.jpg?fit=700%2C805&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"700,805\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"shoping-at-the-SuperU\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/shoping-at-the-SuperU.jpg?fit=604%2C695&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-118816\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/shoping-at-the-SuperU.jpg?resize=604%2C695\" alt=\"\" width=\"604\" height=\"695\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/shoping-at-the-SuperU.jpg?w=700&amp;ssl=1 700w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/shoping-at-the-SuperU.jpg?resize=261%2C300&amp;ssl=1 261w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 604px) 100vw, 604px\" \/><br \/>\nMusically things are rolling along quite nicely, with a few ideas bubbling under that will have the chance to escape into the world as and when permitting.<br \/>\nMy lyric writing seems to have gone a bit of course recently though. I just can&#8217;t seem to string the words together the way I used to.\u00a0 Maybe I have just run out of ideas?<\/p>\n<p>Time seems to really fly by since leaving London too, which is rather odd. I can&#8217;t quite figure that one out! I seem to be busy but I can&#8217;t really work out\u00a0 what with at the moment.\u00a0\u00a0I realised that in some strange way I miss the chaos of the old cramped flat we had. Where I am now does not yet seem like home, even though its much better appointed and very comfortable.\u00a0 We have been here 4 months but it still seems strange to me in many respects.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I am quite affected by the lack of sun, it makes a huge difference to my mood and I have one of those SAD lamps which is supposed to give the effect of being in full daylight. It seems to make a difference which is good. But the summer is the thing that really starts &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/2018\/05\/30\/a-slight-touch-of-the-sad-today\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">A slight touch of the sad today<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"A slight touch of the sad today","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[10,60],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-118764","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-diana_stones_songs","category-glass-cage"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6NRDR-uTy","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":10139,"url":"https:\/\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/2015\/05\/15\/notes-to-myself-from-the-last-few-months\/","url_meta":{"origin":118764,"position":0},"title":"Notes to myself from the last few Months","author":"diana Stone","date":"May 15, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"Played a Gig at the \"Man of Kent\" in Rochester last night. 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