{"id":175245,"date":"2022-02-23T16:28:36","date_gmt":"2022-02-23T16:28:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/?p=175245"},"modified":"2022-02-24T16:38:25","modified_gmt":"2022-02-24T16:38:25","slug":"rain-and-more-rain-mostly","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/2022\/02\/23\/rain-and-more-rain-mostly\/","title":{"rendered":"Rain And More Rain Mostly"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"boldgrid-section\">\n<div class=\"container\">\n<div class=\"row\">\n<figure id=\"attachment_175247\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-175247\" style=\"width: 604px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"175247\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/2022\/02\/23\/rain-and-more-rain-mostly\/broadstairs-blues-bash\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Broadstairs-Blues-Bash.jpg?fit=1536%2C2048&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1536,2048\" 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 and Jan Jackson @ Broadstairs Blues Bash\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Diana Stone and Jan Jackson  @ Broadstairs Blues Bash&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Diana Stone and Jan Jackson  @ Broadstairs Blues Bash&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Broadstairs-Blues-Bash.jpg?fit=604%2C805&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"size-large wp-image-175247\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Broadstairs-Blues-Bash.jpg?resize=604%2C805\" alt=\"Diana Stone and Jan Jackson\" width=\"604\" height=\"805\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Broadstairs-Blues-Bash.jpg?resize=768%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Broadstairs-Blues-Bash.jpg?resize=225%2C300&amp;ssl=1 225w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Broadstairs-Blues-Bash.jpg?resize=1152%2C1536&amp;ssl=1 1152w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Broadstairs-Blues-Bash.jpg?w=1536&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Broadstairs-Blues-Bash.jpg?w=1208 1208w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 604px) 100vw, 604px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-175247\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Diana Stone and Jan Jackson @ Broadstairs Blues Bash<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"padding: 1em;\">It&#8217;s a bit damp again and my bones ache. February is going pretty quickly so far. I stil feel a bit out of sorts generally and very tired.&nbsp; Its good though to be up and doing stuff again with other people on a regular basis musically.&nbsp; It looks pretty certain that we are in the last phase of Covid-19 now and maybe life really will be almost back to normal by spring.&nbsp; Many of my friends and acquaintances&nbsp; are now back in to the old routine already.&nbsp; Fingers crossed. My first pub gig for two years went OK apart from the travelling in a massive storm and through floods which was not so enjoyable. We got rebooked too. Financial concerns are still a bit of an issue at present though. I just have to hope that some of the new ventures will work out. I don&#8217;t need much, just enough. We will see.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"padding: 0em 0em 7em; margin-top: -25px; margin-right: 68px; margin-bottom: -75px; box-shadow: #cecece 21px 48px 28px 2px;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https%3A\/\/api.soundcloud.com\/tracks\/1217830711&amp;color=%23ff5500&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\">Diana Stones Glasscage<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"\">\u00b7<\/p>\n<p class=\"mod-reset\"><a style=\"color: #cccccc; text-decoration: none;\" title=\"BIllions\" href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/dianastone\/billions\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">BIllions<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"col-md-12 col-xs-12 col-sm-12\" style=\"padding-top: 5em;\">I have started getting a little more active again and it feels a bit strange to be honest. is this the new post-covid world?&nbsp; Its amazing what a little bit of activity and social contact does, my mind is reawakening to what&#8217;s possible again rather that just thinking about managing everything in a very constrained manner. I am also not feeling so lethargic all the time. That&#8217;s a big difference. I should do a test later to see if hanging around with a lot of people has given me the plague again. If I am active again regularly I would expect my weight to go down to about 9st 8 or thereabouts again.<\/p>\n<h5 class=\"col-md-12 col-xs-12 col-sm-12\">You can go by the pretty route and perhaps arriving is not always the most important reason for taking the journey.&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;<\/h5>\n<p><b>A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step&#8221;<\/b>&nbsp;(<a title=\"Chinese language\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Chinese_language\">Chinese<\/a>:&nbsp;<span lang=\"zh\">\u5343\u91cc\u4e4b\u884c\uff0c\u59cb\u65bc\u8db3\u4e0b<\/span>;&nbsp;<a title=\"Pinyin\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Pinyin\">pinyin<\/a>:&nbsp;<i><span lang=\"zh-Latn-pinyin\">Qi\u0101nl\u01d0 zh\u012b x\u00edng, sh\u01d0y\u00fa z\u00fa xi\u00e0<\/span><\/i>;&nbsp;<small><a title=\"Literal translation\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Literal_translation\">lit.<\/a><\/small>&nbsp;&#8216;A journey of a thousand Chinese miles (<i><a title=\"Li (unit)\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Li_(unit)\">li<\/a><\/i>) starts beneath one&#8217;s feet&#8217;) is a common saying that originated from a&nbsp;<a title=\"Chinese language\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Chinese_language\">Chinese<\/a>&nbsp;proverb. The quotation is from Chapter 64 of the&nbsp;<a class=\"mw-redirect\" title=\"Dao De Jing\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Dao_De_Jing\">Dao De Jing<\/a>&nbsp;ascribed to&nbsp;<a title=\"Laozi\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Laozi\">Lao<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s a bit damp again and my bones ache. February is going pretty quickly so far. I stil feel a bit out of sorts generally and very tired.&nbsp; Its good though to be up and doing stuff again with other people on a regular basis musically.&nbsp; It looks pretty certain that we are in the &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/2022\/02\/23\/rain-and-more-rain-mostly\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Rain And More Rain Mostly<\/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":[20,10,60,4,3,17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-175245","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-delta-ladies","category-diana_stones_songs","category-glass-cage","category-music","category-musings","category-other"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6NRDR-JAx","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":177391,"url":"https:\/\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/2024\/05\/24\/watching-rishi-in-the-rain\/","url_meta":{"origin":175245,"position":0},"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":176343,"url":"https:\/\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/2024\/01\/02\/welcome-2024-what-have-you-got-in-store\/","url_meta":{"origin":175245,"position":1},"title":"Welcome 2024, What have you got in store","author":"diana Stone","date":"January 2, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"In a humorous twist of fate, I find myself pondering, \"What would Elvis do?\" in the face of stress. 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