{"id":175500,"date":"2022-10-05T17:11:57","date_gmt":"2022-10-05T16:11:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/?p=175500"},"modified":"2022-10-05T21:01:11","modified_gmt":"2022-10-05T20:01:11","slug":"october-musing-part-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/2022\/10\/05\/october-musing-part-1\/","title":{"rendered":"October Musing Part 1"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"boldgrid-section\">\n<div class=\"container\">\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col-lg-12 col-md-12 col-xs-12 col-sm-12\">\n<p class=\"\">I am aching and sore which is quite a bore. Typing is&nbsp; painful. And sitting too. Funny how a slight unnoticed movement sets everything off. Its very tedious. Off for&nbsp; a bit&nbsp; of a walk but it is&nbsp; suddenly gloomy here, though not cold particularly.&nbsp; The new trees in the landscaped parts of our development have not faired well due to the drought. I hope they make it through the winter. I am typing standing up again due to back problems. It may help a&nbsp; little. I am so not bendy and possibly a little Entish&nbsp; at present again. A lot of <a id=\"fprsl\" class=\"gL9Hy\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/search?rlz=1C1AVFC_enGB990GB990&amp;sxsrf=ALiCzsY5Jnn8Cr8aznUN0kVtne2jAvmQAw:1665000046840&amp;q=arthritis&amp;spell=1&amp;sa=X&amp;ved=2ahUKEwja5d7C8Mn6AhXIS8AKHTgJBoMQkeECKAB6BAgCEDc\" data-ved=\"2ahUKEwja5d7C8Mn6AhXIS8AKHTgJBoMQkeECKAB6BAgCEDc\"><b><i>arthritis<\/i><\/b><\/a> &nbsp;agro too. 5 years ago on the date of writing this I was getting on the Le Shuttle to do some gigs in France.&nbsp; A very different world. Time passes in a flash. Currently I am recording and have had to admit defeat on an instrumental which is not working quite as expected, so it will be adapted and transformed instead. Note to self: try not to be too clever.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">But hey here it is anyway, you be the judge.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https%3A\/\/api.soundcloud.com\/tracks\/1356732766&amp;color=%23d0346c&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=\"Echos Of What Is Passing\" href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/dianastone\/echos-of-what-is-passing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Echos Of What Is Passing<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"\">.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">And in other news: I think there is a war on somewhere, but I am trying not to think about it too much. These are interesting times.&nbsp; Listening to the radio news with politicians gaslighting away. Are there any left in the UK government that have any sort of moral compass?&nbsp; Nah&#8230; Didn&#8217;t think so.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Hope springs infernal as they say<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><b>Isaiah 40:31<\/b><\/p>\n<p>But those who hope in the Lord will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not be faint. Hoping in the Lord, waiting with confident expectation for Him to act on our behalf will lead to fresh, renewable, supernatural strength.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I am aching and sore which is quite a bore. Typing is&nbsp; painful. And sitting too. Funny how a slight unnoticed movement sets everything off. Its very tedious. Off for&nbsp; a bit&nbsp; of a walk but it is&nbsp; suddenly gloomy here, though not cold particularly.&nbsp; The new trees in the landscaped parts of our development &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/2022\/10\/05\/october-musing-part-1\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">October Musing Part 1<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":147054,"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":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-175500","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-musings"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/20180612_153734.jpg?fit=3264%2C1836&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6NRDR-JEE","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":175637,"url":"https:\/\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/2022\/12\/25\/christmas-day-at-the-workhouse\/","url_meta":{"origin":175500,"position":0},"title":"Christmas Day At The Workhouse","author":"diana Stone","date":"December 25, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"December the 25th again. 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