{"id":176027,"date":"2023-09-17T20:47:22","date_gmt":"2023-09-17T19:47:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/?p=176027"},"modified":"2023-09-17T20:47:22","modified_gmt":"2023-09-17T19:47:22","slug":"the-ups-and-downs-and-happy-and-sad-days","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/2023\/09\/17\/the-ups-and-downs-and-happy-and-sad-days\/","title":{"rendered":"The Ups and Downs and Happy and Sad Days"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-light-brown-background-color has-background\">A brief flash of nostalgia hit me today again and slightly floored me. I supposed though it would be a sad life if memories did not have the power to move us like this.<br><br>&#8220;A madeleine de Proust is\u00a0<strong>an expression used to describe smells, tastes, sounds or any sensations reminding you of your childhood or simply bringing back emotional memories from a long time ago<\/strong>. You may for example hear someone say: Le parfum de la lavande, c&#8217;est ma madeleine de Proust.&#8221; <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> As these things are prone to do with too much introspection when it sinks its claws in you. A couple of upcoming events fill me with mild trepidation I do  confess to though. I am from a worrier not a warrior clan. I wait for the next bump in the road or trip hazard It can kill spontaneity some what.  That&#8217;s just the way it is.  Its been a gloomy early autumn Sunday and I am feeling it. I have been working on a new tune I am recording and also practicing stuff for a gig next weekend, but I cant say its been the most productive of days though really. Chatting on messenger, and wasting time. But where would we be without friends? Wealthier perhaps. Only joking and yet&#8230;.<br><br>My car returned from its MOT and service intact as far as I can tell, hopefully it will endure if treated with respect.  There are no certainty&#8217;s it seems though there are probability&#8217;s. <br> So only a brief report today. Mind how you go. <br><br><strong><em>Never let the future disturb you. ..<\/em><\/strong>. <br><br> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized is-style-default\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"176038\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/2023\/09\/17\/the-ups-and-downs-and-happy-and-sad-days\/fiddle-de-dee-diana\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Fiddle-De-Dee-Diana.jpg?fit=1094%2C1201&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1094,1201\" 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;1693486995&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=\"Fiddle-De-Dee-Diana\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Fiddle-De-Dee-Diana.jpg?fit=604%2C663&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Fiddle-De-Dee-Diana-933x1024.jpg?resize=604%2C663&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Dina Stone Rehearsing with the Sonic Boomers with Allan on Bass in the background. \" class=\"wp-image-176038\" style=\"width:624px;height:685px\" width=\"604\" height=\"663\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Fiddle-De-Dee-Diana.jpg?resize=933%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 933w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Fiddle-De-Dee-Diana.jpg?resize=273%2C300&amp;ssl=1 273w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Fiddle-De-Dee-Diana.jpg?resize=768%2C843&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Fiddle-De-Dee-Diana.jpg?w=1094&amp;ssl=1 1094w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 604px) 100vw, 604px\" \/><\/figure>\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\/1359800950&#038;color=%23e49864&#038;auto_play=false&#038;hide_related=false&#038;show_comments=true&#038;show_user=true&#038;show_reposts=false&#038;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\/nothing-speaks-to-me\" title=\"Nothing Speaks To Me\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"color: #cccccc; text-decoration: none;\" rel=\"noopener\">Nothing Speaks To Me<\/a><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A brief flash of nostalgia hit me today again and slightly floored me. I supposed though it would be a sad life if memories did not have the power to move us like this. &#8220;A madeleine de Proust is\u00a0an expression used to describe smells, tastes, sounds or any sensations reminding you of your childhood or &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/2023\/09\/17\/the-ups-and-downs-and-happy-and-sad-days\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">The Ups and Downs and Happy and Sad Days<\/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":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-176027","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-JN9","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1369,"url":"https:\/\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/2012\/06\/06\/still-not-right\/","url_meta":{"origin":176027,"position":0},"title":"Still not right","author":"diana Stone","date":"June 6, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"I had been feeling a bit healthier for a couple of months, but seem to have lapsed back somewhat. 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