{"id":168603,"date":"2020-09-19T17:54:54","date_gmt":"2020-09-19T16:54:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/?p=168603"},"modified":"2020-09-21T20:46:57","modified_gmt":"2020-09-21T19:46:57","slug":"mid-september-lockdown-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/2020\/09\/19\/mid-september-lockdown-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"Mid September Lockdown 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"boldgrid-section\">\n<div class=\"container\">\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col-md-12 col-xs-12 col-sm-12\">\n<p class=\"\">Still here just about then. I can&#8217;t believe it has&nbsp; been going on since March. Its a sunny day again so not&nbsp; too bad. I just finished a rather different piece of music and mixed it today. It seems to work, but who knows. Not much else is changed. My back still aches and there is no likelihood of a gig anytime soon. Its very much a time to pause and reflect as actually there is not much choice to do otherwise now.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">My mental health is moderate to mildly flaky at present.&nbsp; At present I am fretting over getting the car MOT sorted out&nbsp; and hoping it&#8217;s not going to cost silly money. Do I actually need a car anymore? My partner has a small hatchback that I can use, so maybe with no work on the horizon I don&#8217;t anymore. I dont want to give up the element&nbsp; of freedom though if I dont have too. It Is difficult choice though.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>I am ploughing on with my exercise regime&nbsp; for my back and posture. That&#8217;s helping but I am definitely feeling it at times now.&nbsp; Otherwise I am trying to carry on writing music and recording it and just trying not to suck too much at&nbsp; it.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Its not looking good on the Covid-19 front and things do seem to be taking a turn for the worse in that respect so it could be a gloomy winter.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Here&#8217;s my latest&nbsp; musical offering for you all.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https%3A\/\/api.soundcloud.com\/tracks\/895959901&amp;color=%23472718&amp;auto_play=false&amp;hide_related=false&amp;show_comments=true&amp;show_user=true&amp;show_reposts=false&amp;show_teaser=true&amp;visual=true\" width=\"100%\" height=\"300\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<div style=\"font-size: 10px; color: #cccccc; line-break: anywhere; word-break: normal; overflow: hidden; white-space: nowrap; text-overflow: ellipsis; font-family: Interstate,Lucida Grande,Lucida Sans Unicode,Lucida Sans,Garuda,Verdana,Tahoma,sans-serif; font-weight: 100;\">\n<p class=\"mod-reset\"><a style=\"color: #cccccc; text-decoration: none;\" title=\"Diana Stones Glasscage\" href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/dianastone\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Diana Stones Glasscage<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00b7<\/p>\n<p class=\"mod-reset\"><a style=\"color: #cccccc; text-decoration: none;\" title=\"Static Then Movement\" href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/dianastone\/static-then-movement\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Static Then Movement<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"\">So<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col-md-12 col-xs-12 col-sm-12\">\n<p class=\"\">So apart from the usual whats up.&nbsp; In some senses life is like being on a permanent holiday. That sounds better than it actually is though. The lack of direct social contact is very waring now to be honest.&nbsp; I had a couple of better days.I do feel bit more positive. I just hope its not the run in to a manic phase though (as you mentioned bi-polar). Good for music and creativity, but for mental health not so much. Christmas is going to be a really miserable for people that like people I suspect. I think we are likely to be at (essential travel only at the end of October) by the looks of things and I note that the new year fireworks in London are cancelled.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">There are still many people avoiding going out too, at least in company.Even some of the very sociable pub going people are suffering a loss of confidence.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">On the matter of making music &#8220;Music is magic, but the making of it is practical magic, remembering to cast the right spells and how to wave your wizards wand so you can summon a demon to do your will rather than a lemon for your gin and tonic&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"text-transform: capitalize; color: rgba(160, 13, 13, 0.91); font-size: 20px; text-shadow: #cecece 6px 7px 0px;\">Unless you need a lemon of course.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">I just my got my PA and band kit put away in my storage area. That seems like a real full stop. An ending indeed. I am seriously considering now if I should sell it? That&#8217;s triggered a lot of mixed feelings for me. I cant see a way forward from here until we get from under Covid and that could be a very long time. Another 18 months maybe?&nbsp; So I cannot just jog along as things are, or I shall be&nbsp; cracking up big time.&nbsp; Perhaps its time for a bit of DIY or something? I have a little list indeed.&nbsp; Thank goodness for radio 4 as an aid to sanity.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"168611\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/2020\/09\/19\/mid-september-lockdown-2020\/dee-at-hougton\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Dee-at-Hougton-e1704625139708.jpg?fit=1536%2C1201&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1536,1201\" 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=\"Diana Stone at Houghton House\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Dee-at-Hougton-e1704625139708.jpg?fit=604%2C472&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"size-large wp-image-168611 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Dee-at-Hougton.jpg?resize=604%2C782\" alt=\"Diana Stone at Houghton House \" width=\"604\" height=\"782\">Picture by Ralph Stephenson.<br \/>\nTo see more of Ralphs pictures go here.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/ralphstephenson\/\">https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/ralphstephenson\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"\"><i>&#8220;He who fights with monsters might take care lest he thereby become a monster. And if you gaze for long into an abyss, the abyss gazes also into you.&#8221;<\/i><\/p>\n<p>Friedrich Nietzsche<\/p>\n<p>Lets be careful out there.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Still here just about then. I can&#8217;t believe it has&nbsp; been going on since March. Its a sunny day again so not&nbsp; too bad. I just finished a rather different piece of music and mixed it today. It seems to work, but who knows. Not much else is changed. My back still aches and there &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/2020\/09\/19\/mid-september-lockdown-2020\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Mid September Lockdown 2020<\/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":"","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":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-168603","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-musings"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6NRDR-HRp","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":176175,"url":"https:\/\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/2023\/11\/19\/a-jolly-tune\/","url_meta":{"origin":168603,"position":0},"title":"A Jolly Tune","author":"diana Stone","date":"November 19, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"Here is an upbeat trance crossover tune for you all. Posted on a dull autumn Sunday. Diana Stones Glasscage \u00b7 Dont You Feel It Too Iamfu OK, so I didn't sleep so well last night, but mostly alright. A fairly productive day yesterday with music and related doings at home.\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Diana Stones Songs&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Diana Stones Songs","link":"https:\/\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/category\/diana_stones_songs\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/20191217_160030-scaled.jpg?fit=1200%2C675&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/20191217_160030-scaled.jpg?fit=1200%2C675&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/20191217_160030-scaled.jpg?fit=1200%2C675&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/20191217_160030-scaled.jpg?fit=1200%2C675&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/20191217_160030-scaled.jpg?fit=1200%2C675&ssl=1&resize=1050%2C600 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":178367,"url":"https:\/\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/2024\/12\/05\/i-have-no-faith-left\/","url_meta":{"origin":168603,"position":1},"title":"I have No Faith left","author":"diana Stone","date":"December 5, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"Ok, actually it's the title of my latest song. But I sort of have a bit too I guess. Bucketing down with rain again outside. I do hate the long dark evenings. Got to try and keep my morning exercises going as well. I am practicing Christmas songs for a\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Musings&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Musings","link":"https:\/\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/category\/musings\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":177736,"url":"https:\/\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/2024\/08\/08\/facebook-people\/","url_meta":{"origin":168603,"position":2},"title":"Facebook People","author":"diana Stone","date":"August 8, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"The stuff of nightmares, some of them. This weeks been the worst. Who can you trust anymore? This week I have had a bit more of a fight that usual with depression again. Its crept up on me. Depression is a sly creature and changes its form in subtle ways\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Diana Stones Songs&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Diana Stones Songs","link":"https:\/\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/category\/diana_stones_songs\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Teenage-notion-of-a-rock-band-1971-scaled.jpg?fit=1200%2C745&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Teenage-notion-of-a-rock-band-1971-scaled.jpg?fit=1200%2C745&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Teenage-notion-of-a-rock-band-1971-scaled.jpg?fit=1200%2C745&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Teenage-notion-of-a-rock-band-1971-scaled.jpg?fit=1200%2C745&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Teenage-notion-of-a-rock-band-1971-scaled.jpg?fit=1200%2C745&ssl=1&resize=1050%2C600 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":174824,"url":"https:\/\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/2021\/01\/29\/end-of-january-2021-round-up\/","url_meta":{"origin":168603,"position":3},"title":"End of January 2021 Round Up.","author":"diana Stone","date":"January 29, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"Does what it says on the tin really. If you were expecting something exciting newswise I am sorry I have to disappoint you.\u00a0 I keep plodding on mostly so far. This year the only change is a regular exercise regime that I have started mostly to avoid ceasing up and\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Musings&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Musings","link":"https:\/\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/category\/musings\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":175008,"url":"https:\/\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/2021\/06\/27\/a-june-2021-round-up\/","url_meta":{"origin":168603,"position":4},"title":"A June 2021 Round Up","author":"diana Stone","date":"June 27, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"Personally\u00a0 it's been a very draining 6 months.\u00a0 I have been working solidly on music projects both solo and collaborative but of course nearly al remote ones. Other stuff I had hoped to do has ground to a complete halt now. Also mostly due to lockdown I gave not really\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Delta Ladies&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Delta Ladies","link":"https:\/\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/category\/delta-ladies\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Diana-Stone Studio.APRIL 2021","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Studio-Diana-Stone-2021.jpg?fit=1024%2C499&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Studio-Diana-Stone-2021.jpg?fit=1024%2C499&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Studio-Diana-Stone-2021.jpg?fit=1024%2C499&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Studio-Diana-Stone-2021.jpg?fit=1024%2C499&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":175181,"url":"https:\/\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/2021\/12\/12\/its-been-a-while-since-i-last-spoke-with-you-pull-up-a-chair\/","url_meta":{"origin":168603,"position":5},"title":"Its been a while since I last spoke with you. Pull up a chair.","author":"diana Stone","date":"December 12, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"It's been a while since I last spoke with you. Pull up a chair. Tell me what you have been doing. Did you win?\u00a0 I am glad.\u00a0 You know we dont get many visitors these days and it's always good to talk.\u00a0 We will just listen to start with if\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Delta Ladies&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Delta Ladies","link":"https:\/\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/category\/diana_stones_songs\/delta-ladies-diana_stones_songs\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/20190824_121222-scaled.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/20190824_121222-scaled.jpg?resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/20190824_121222-scaled.jpg?resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/20190824_121222-scaled.jpg?resize=700%2C400 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/20190824_121222-scaled.jpg?resize=1050%2C600 3x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/20190824_121222-scaled.jpg?resize=1400%2C800 4x"},"classes":[]}],"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/168603","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=168603"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/168603\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":168720,"href":"https:\/\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/168603\/revisions\/168720"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=168603"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=168603"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=168603"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}