{"id":175044,"date":"2021-07-27T19:01:43","date_gmt":"2021-07-27T18:01:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/?p=175044"},"modified":"2021-07-27T21:11:45","modified_gmt":"2021-07-27T20:11:45","slug":"the-land-of-woo-and-wonderment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/2021\/07\/27\/the-land-of-woo-and-wonderment\/","title":{"rendered":"The land of Woo and Wonderment"},"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<figure id=\"attachment_175048\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-175048\" style=\"width: 604px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"175048\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/2021\/07\/27\/the-land-of-woo-and-wonderment\/diana-stone-is-trouble\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Diana-Stone-Is-Trouble.jpg?fit=1180%2C1214&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1180,1214\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;1.7&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;SM-G950F&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1625492940&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;2.95&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;125&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.025&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Diana Stone Is Trouble\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Diana Stone Musician and Composer 2021&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Diana Stone Is Trouble&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Diana-Stone-Is-Trouble.jpg?fit=604%2C622&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"size-large wp-image-175048\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Diana-Stone-Is-Trouble.jpg?resize=604%2C622\" alt=\"Diana Stone Is Trouble\" width=\"604\" height=\"622\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Diana-Stone-Is-Trouble.jpg?resize=995%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 995w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Diana-Stone-Is-Trouble.jpg?resize=292%2C300&amp;ssl=1 292w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Diana-Stone-Is-Trouble.jpg?resize=768%2C790&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Diana-Stone-Is-Trouble.jpg?w=1180&amp;ssl=1 1180w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 604px) 100vw, 604px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-175048\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Diana Stone Is Trouble<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"\">This could be it or not. Well I got my wish for it to cool down and it has. A lot.<br \/>\nI have had some news about collaborative projects going ahead&nbsp; so that&#8217;s good news.&nbsp;<br \/>\nI feel a bit worn out and I have not been out much this week due to the heat which has dampened my spirits.&nbsp; My back is playing up a lot too. and I feel like I have been in a fight.&nbsp; I can&#8217;t get going musically at present. My latest release for Amazon\/Spotify\/YouTube and Apple music and the rest has just been cleared for release and will be available from August 6.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https%3A\/\/api.soundcloud.com\/tracks\/907725532&amp;color=%234c5c84&amp;auto_play=false&amp;hide_related=true&amp;show_comments=false&amp;show_user=true&amp;show_reposts=false&amp;show_teaser=false\" width=\"100%\" height=\"166\" 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=\"Too Much Trouble\" href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/dianastone\/too-much-trouble\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Too Much Trouble<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">At present I am feeling somewhat wrapped up in my own thoughts. A few things are praying on my mind somewhat.&nbsp; My own mortality being one of them.&nbsp; It may be that having been thrown back on my own resources I have focused too much on the bad things then I was busy doing gigs and just trying to figure out how to keep paying the bills I was mostly quite happy. Now I am likely to have financial stability for the rest of my natural life be that days weeks or decades. I ache but that comes and goes. Some days I feel I will die imminently. The fact that my dad went so quickly sort if makes me feel as I might do the same despite any mitigating circumstances in my own life (40 years of being veggie\/ vegan almost) and having various tests in my late 50s for health that showed no increased risk of anything much. I have too much time to think. I always think I will be dead in a month or so of something dreadful. And I worry about running out of money all the time and what may happen.&nbsp; It&#8217;s not entirely rational&nbsp; I know.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">I have been continuing to scribble down musical ideas&nbsp; as usual this week of course.<br \/>\nAnd sticking some new letters on my computer keyboard as they are wearing off again.<br \/>\nYes I need a new one so I really ought to sought that out as it&nbsp; could be cheaper than the stickers. It will do for now though I guess.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">After having lived here for nearly 4 years&nbsp; we have finally said goodbye to the building site opposite our place and now have an open park leading down to the water meadow country park and the river Great Ouse. I finally set foot on the path today and it completely changes the outlook from out veranda.&nbsp; Plenty of people are now using it. It will take a while to get established as there is not much grass at the top end yet and the ground is very dry.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">I have hardly been out for a week., the recent spell of very hot weather was a little too much for me to deal with.&nbsp; Also no music related visitors or a places to be. I need to check the car is OK or it might sulk.&nbsp; I have had it for 5 years now. It&#8217;s got a few dings and scrapes on it so it looks a little careworn now rather like me&nbsp; \ud83d\ude42 It has over all served me very well and I have done around 60,000 miles in it. Mostly to and from gigs. This last year it hasn&#8217;t really moved much at all though. The odd drive in the country and a few of music related trips down the M1. mostly though its been standing about looking a trifle forlorn.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Some of the solo projects I have been thinking about have slightly stalled, (Covid restrictions have affected things of )&nbsp; plus also as much due to a bit of a wobble in confidence.&nbsp; &nbsp;One thing that has occured is words coming to me again. Words for songs, perhaps words for other things too. After a long time of having really nothing to say.&nbsp; Living in your own head too much in a great wash of introspection may be OK if you are a genius writer or scientist or philosopher&nbsp; but not perhaps if otherwise. Forcing myself to actually write down what&#8217;s going through my head is actually quite helpful to give a little extra clarity.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">&nbsp; &nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This could be it or not. Well I got my wish for it to cool down and it has. A lot. I have had some news about collaborative projects going ahead&nbsp; so that&#8217;s good news.&nbsp; I feel a bit worn out and I have not been out much this week due to the heat which &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/2021\/07\/27\/the-land-of-woo-and-wonderment\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">The land of Woo and Wonderment<\/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":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[20,10,7,3,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-175044","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-delta-ladies","category-diana_stones_songs","category-history","category-musings","category-whatever"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6NRDR-Jxi","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":175113,"url":"https:\/\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/2021\/10\/10\/so-how-did-we-get-here\/","url_meta":{"origin":175044,"position":0},"title":"So How Did We Get Here","author":"diana Stone","date":"October 10, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"The last couple of years have been a rough ride mentally for me and have left me somewhat exhausted.\u00a0 One foot in front of the other and all that, a\u00a0 day at a time and other cliches.\u00a0 It's hard though. 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On a personal level it has been a fairly quiet time.A few gigs between various the ensembles' and a couple of open mic spots.A lot of recording and writing too and a mistaken release of two albums simultaneously due to admin problems. 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