{"id":174969,"date":"2021-06-06T21:24:14","date_gmt":"2021-06-06T20:24:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/?p=174969"},"modified":"2021-06-06T21:24:14","modified_gmt":"2021-06-06T20:24:14","slug":"the-daily-grind","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/2021\/06\/06\/the-daily-grind\/","title":{"rendered":"The Daily Grind"},"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=\"\">Today everything is aching. So its not the best day so far. Its not gone that well for the guy delivering a digger on the building site opposite as he took a wall down with his trailer.&nbsp; OK a&nbsp; moments amusement was found watching the proceedings I admit.&nbsp; Watching others work is part of my routine at present. The house building is finished and they are landscaping a public open space which will be the completion of the development here which we have watched over the 3 years we have been here. So I can say in truth I remember this when it was all fields \ud83d\ude09&nbsp;&nbsp;<br \/>\nThough not particularly interesting ones. And I am so tired. Drained and unmotivated.&nbsp; I had hoped to be recording today but the aches and pains seem to have knocked that for 6.&nbsp; I might have a try in a little while&nbsp; though if possible. Wish me luck.&nbsp; I am trying hemp oil again,as it supposed to help with joint pains and anxiety. Quiet desperation or what. I guess this what aging is about.&nbsp; The spirit is willing&nbsp; but&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">I have couple of project tracks I am supposed to be adding violin for people&nbsp; and I had completely forgotten about them. Must try harder LOL.&nbsp; &nbsp;Actually I did send something off today. Go me. To be fair only after being reminded. Whoops.&nbsp; I am not sure how good it is but hey its a start.&nbsp; I have added a new set of arm resistance exercises this week to my routine, ever hopeful that it may help with one or two problems, preferably without it making anything else worse.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">The end of the world is always nigh I have found. Much introspection going on here about the balancing what&nbsp; we do in life between short term and long term gains. I am somewhat mired in nostalgia and that is stopping me from getting on with things which should make my life better. I am recording a song and it sounds very 90&#8217;s. It may not do by the time its finished though of course. I am glad that I have some music theory and ability to read and write it as it makes it much easier to carry on with stuff. Especially when one gets demotivated its a useful scaffold to start building on, even if one had no ideas in ones head at all. It possible to just lay some foundations and then inspiration may well kick in out of the blue yonder.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">So will UK Covid restrictions end on June 21?&nbsp; I rather feel that they wont and we will not see any real change until early autumn and nothing like normal till spring 22. For me its not personally going to make much difference and I will just be ticking over.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">I have signed up to join&nbsp; zoom singerarounds with the local bedford folk club finally. If and when it opens its doors again that&#8217;s going to be useful as this is the one next door in Kempston just the other side of the trees I can see in the far distance from my studio room.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Anyway surprise, surprise here is a new song.&nbsp; Take it easy out there&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https%3A\/\/api.soundcloud.com\/tracks\/1063114882&amp;color=%234c5c84&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=\"600\" 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\">Diana Stones Glasscage<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00b7<\/p>\n<p class=\"mod-reset\"><a style=\"color: #cccccc; text-decoration: none;\" title=\"Right Twice A Day\" href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/dianastone\/right-twice-a-day\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Right Twice A Day<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today everything is aching. So its not the best day so far. Its not gone that well for the guy delivering a digger on the building site opposite as he took a wall down with his trailer.&nbsp; OK a&nbsp; moments amusement was found watching the proceedings I admit.&nbsp; Watching others work is part of my &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/2021\/06\/06\/the-daily-grind\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">The Daily Grind<\/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_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},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[10,60,4,3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-174969","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-diana_stones_songs","category-glass-cage","category-music","category-musings"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6NRDR-Jw5","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":170328,"url":"https:\/\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/2020\/10\/21\/a-damp-day-watching-the-leaves-turn-again\/","url_meta":{"origin":174969,"position":0},"title":"A damp day watching the leaves turn again","author":"diana Stone","date":"October 21, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"Ego, too much or too little can be equally damaging.\u00a0 Something I posted as a Facebook comment in response to a comment that was made by\u00a0 a musician claiming that his work was being taken away by non-professionals. In truth it dosent work like that and it never has. I\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":38876,"url":"https:\/\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/2016\/04\/16\/be-careful-what-you-wish-for-revised-version\/","url_meta":{"origin":174969,"position":1},"title":"Be careful what you wish for revised version.","author":"diana Stone","date":"April 16, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"Indeed. Today I have been aching a bit. That \u00a0happens as time passes. \u00a0Played a gig a venerable old school south London boozer last night. That was OK though not the most mind blowing gig ever, but folks seem to be enjoying it. \u00a0I am \u00a0always fascinated watching the punters\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Musings&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Musings","link":"https:\/\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/category\/musings\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Railway Hotel Southend on sea","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/WP_20160409_17_50_23_Pro.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/WP_20160409_17_50_23_Pro.jpg?resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/WP_20160409_17_50_23_Pro.jpg?resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/WP_20160409_17_50_23_Pro.jpg?resize=700%2C400 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/WP_20160409_17_50_23_Pro.jpg?resize=1050%2C600 3x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/WP_20160409_17_50_23_Pro.jpg?resize=1400%2C800 4x"},"classes":[]},{"id":177391,"url":"https:\/\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/2024\/05\/24\/watching-rishi-in-the-rain\/","url_meta":{"origin":174969,"position":2},"title":"Watching Rishi In The Rain","author":"diana Stone","date":"May 24, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"His suit looked very soggy, I really hope it doesn't shrink. I am sure it will be good quality and not prone to such things. But he did look a bit forlorn smiling and dripping as \"Things can only get better\" drifted on the wind from the Pro EU protesters\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\/05\/header-band.jpg?fit=960%2C495&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/header-band.jpg?fit=960%2C495&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/header-band.jpg?fit=960%2C495&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/header-band.jpg?fit=960%2C495&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":646,"url":"https:\/\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/2009\/12\/26\/twas-christmasss\/","url_meta":{"origin":174969,"position":3},"title":"Twas Christmas","author":"diana Stone","date":"December 26, 2009","format":false,"excerpt":"Nothing was stirring not even a mouse.\u00c2\u00a0 It's very quite indeed here. I have just been watching Blade Runner on the BBC Iplayer but the film is beginning to disturb me so I stopped watching it. Its in silent moments that you know your really not playing with a full\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":1420,"url":"https:\/\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/2012\/09\/17\/watching-clouds-out-of-the-window\/","url_meta":{"origin":174969,"position":4},"title":"Watching clouds out of the window","author":"diana Stone","date":"September 17, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"I have a fairly uninterrupted view of the sky from my lounge window facing roughly ENE and on summer evenings its quite good fun to watch the clouds drift by and change with light. I have an interesting view as I can see the London Eye, the Telecom (Post Office\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":179995,"url":"https:\/\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/2026\/04\/07\/world-keeps-on-turning-maybe\/","url_meta":{"origin":174969,"position":5},"title":"World Keeps On Turning.. Maybe?","author":"diana Stone","date":"April 7, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"Well at least it did today. Not sure for how long if it depends on the quixotic notions of DJT though. Just been to Clophill lake's with Alison. Very busy there. Bumped into Steve that briefly drummed with Delta Gypsy's and his Mrs. A bright Sunny bank holiday Monday. I\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Musings&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Musings","link":"https:\/\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/category\/musings\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/20260406_133325-scaled.jpg?fit=1200%2C554&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/20260406_133325-scaled.jpg?fit=1200%2C554&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/20260406_133325-scaled.jpg?fit=1200%2C554&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/20260406_133325-scaled.jpg?fit=1200%2C554&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/20260406_133325-scaled.jpg?fit=1200%2C554&ssl=1&resize=1050%2C600 3x"},"classes":[]}],"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/174969","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=174969"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/174969\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":174979,"href":"https:\/\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/174969\/revisions\/174979"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=174969"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=174969"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=174969"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}