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We are in the strange hinterland between Christmas and New year. Its a grey and very cold day. Nothings happening but the local flooding has drained away fortunately. <\/p>\n

This seems particularly apposite.<\/p>\n

When we are born we cry that we are come \/ To this great stage of fools<\/p>\n

\u2014 KING LEAR, ACT 4 SCENE 6, LINES 178-79; KING LEAR TO GLOUCESTER<\/cite><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

We are in the strange hinterland between Christmas and New year. Its a grey and very cold day. Nothings happening but the local flooding has drained away fortunately.  This seems particularly apposite. When we are born we cry that we are come \/ To this great stage of fools \u2014 KING LEAR, ACT 4 SCENE … Continue reading <\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"aside","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-173935","post","type-post","status-publish","format-aside","hentry","category-musings","post_format-post-format-aside"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/s6NRDR-173935","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":179271,"url":"https:\/\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/2025\/09\/09\/another-cunning-plan-possibly\/","url_meta":{"origin":173935,"position":0},"title":"Another Cunning Plan Possibly","author":"diana Stone","date":"September 9, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"A few reasonable nights sleep recently, sleeping right through sometimes. 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