{"id":175637,"date":"2022-12-25T21:08:53","date_gmt":"2022-12-25T21:08:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/?p=175637"},"modified":"2022-12-25T21:08:53","modified_gmt":"2022-12-25T21:08:53","slug":"christmas-day-at-the-workhouse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/2022\/12\/25\/christmas-day-at-the-workhouse\/","title":{"rendered":"Christmas Day At The Workhouse"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>December the 25th again. Not the greatest day due to an arthritis flare up, which somewhat wrecked the vibe and pushed my carefully laid plans asunder.  But tis the season and all that I suppose?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"509\" height=\"839\" data-attachment-id=\"175638\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/2022\/12\/25\/christmas-day-at-the-workhouse\/piano-time\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Piano-Time.jpg?fit=509%2C839&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"509,839\" 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=\"Piano-Time\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Piano-Time.jpg?fit=509%2C839&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Piano-Time.jpg?resize=509%2C839&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-175638\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Piano-Time.jpg?w=509&amp;ssl=1 509w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Piano-Time.jpg?resize=182%2C300&amp;ssl=1 182w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 509px) 100vw, 509px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I have no real thoughts about 2023, making any plans seems a dangerous follie at present.<br>At any moment the &#8216;The frumious Bandersnatch&#8217; might yet appear and require shunning.<br>So here is a question then. How does one help someone that asks for help but then refuses it when it&#8217;s offered?  Perhaps one simply repeats the offer until such time as it is accepted.<br> <br>Here is a recent song from yours truly.<br><\/p>\n\n\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"100%\" height=\"166\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"no\" allow=\"autoplay\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https%3A\/\/api.soundcloud.com\/tracks\/1409101693&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\"><\/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;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/dianastone\" title=\"Diana Stones Glasscage\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"color: #cccccc; text-decoration: none;\" rel=\"noopener\">Diana Stones Glasscage<\/a> \u00b7 <a href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/dianastone\/maybe-i-am-not\" title=\"Maybe I Am Not\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"color: #cccccc; text-decoration: none;\" rel=\"noopener\">Maybe I Am Not<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n<p>Today typing is hard so a brief entry only.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>December the 25th again. Not the greatest day due to an arthritis flare up, which somewhat wrecked the vibe and pushed my carefully laid plans asunder. But tis the season and all that I suppose? I have no real thoughts about 2023, making any plans seems a dangerous follie at present.At any moment the &#8216;The &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/2022\/12\/25\/christmas-day-at-the-workhouse\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Christmas Day At The Workhouse<\/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":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-175637","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-musings"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6NRDR-JGR","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":6229,"url":"https:\/\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/2015\/03\/06\/eddie-izzard-locks-horns-with-landlords-over-chelsea-social-housing-estate\/","url_meta":{"origin":175637,"position":0},"title":"Eddie Izzard locks horns with landlords over Chelsea social housing estate","author":"diana Stone","date":"March 6, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"Comedian targets \u2018moneyocracy\u2019 by fighting Affinity Sutton\u2019s plans to replace 144 low-rent homes at William Sutton Estate with luxury apartments","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Musings&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Musings","link":"https:\/\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/category\/musings\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Powered by Guardian.co.uk","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/image.guardian.co.uk\/sys-images\/Guardian\/Pix\/pictures\/2010\/03\/01\/poweredbyguardianBLACK.png?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":6698,"url":"https:\/\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/2015\/03\/18\/budget-2015-comeback-country-claims-must-not-mask-osbornes-failings\/","url_meta":{"origin":175637,"position":1},"title":"Budget 2015: Britain&#8217;s fragile recovery is based on an act of political conjuring","author":"diana Stone","date":"March 18, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"Chancellor attempted to paint his nakedly political plans as statesmanlike \u2013 but UK\u2019s woeful productivity mars his boasts to have navigated the road to recovery","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Musings&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Musings","link":"https:\/\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/category\/musings\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Powered by Guardian.co.uk","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/image.guardian.co.uk\/sys-images\/Guardian\/Pix\/pictures\/2010\/03\/01\/poweredbyguardianBLACK.png?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":179634,"url":"https:\/\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/2025\/12\/28\/another-day\/","url_meta":{"origin":175637,"position":2},"title":"Another Day","author":"diana Stone","date":"December 28, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"Its just that time of year again I guess really and nothing more. 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