{"id":176049,"date":"2023-09-23T21:38:44","date_gmt":"2023-09-23T20:38:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/?p=176049"},"modified":"2023-09-23T21:38:44","modified_gmt":"2023-09-23T20:38:44","slug":"let-the-not-so-good-times-roll","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/2023\/09\/23\/let-the-not-so-good-times-roll\/","title":{"rendered":"Let The Not So Good Times Roll"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>I have developed a problem with my right eye. It could be serious, so I am getting it checked out but  everything I was doing this weekend I have had to cancel. It could be serious  So I am in a bit of a state.  So all thoughts and prayers appreciated at present. But there is always a new tune, so here it is. Violin with a slight west Africa vibe world tune, sort of.<br><br><\/p>\n\n\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"100%\" height=\"300\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"no\" allow=\"autoplay\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https%3A\/\/api.soundcloud.com\/tracks\/1622836638&#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&#038;visual=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\/blue-sky-thinking-game\" title=\"Blue Sky Thinking Game\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"color: #cccccc; text-decoration: none;\" rel=\"noopener\">Blue Sky Thinking Game<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n<p>In other news. Who am I kidding, there is no other news.  Funny how things you take for granted can throw you off course.  Diana Stones Diary aged 66 years and 9 months. Gosh that looks old in writing.  So I am a bit off my game at present, to put it mildly. I am trying to keep calm and carry on but its difficult.  Autumns on the way.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"604\" height=\"805\" data-attachment-id=\"176052\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/2023\/09\/23\/let-the-not-so-good-times-roll\/20230822_191523\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/20230822_191523-scaled.jpg?fit=1920%2C2560&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1920,2560\" 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;1692731723&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;4.2&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;40&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.00091575091575092&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"20230822_191523\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/20230822_191523-scaled.jpg?fit=604%2C805&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/20230822_191523-768x1024.jpg?resize=604%2C805&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-176052\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/20230822_191523-scaled.jpg?resize=768%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/20230822_191523-scaled.jpg?resize=225%2C300&amp;ssl=1 225w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/20230822_191523-scaled.jpg?resize=1152%2C1536&amp;ssl=1 1152w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/20230822_191523-scaled.jpg?resize=1536%2C2048&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/20230822_191523-scaled.jpg?w=1920&amp;ssl=1 1920w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/20230822_191523-scaled.jpg?w=1208 1208w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/20230822_191523-scaled.jpg?w=1812 1812w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 604px) 100vw, 604px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I have developed a problem with my right eye. It could be serious, so I am getting it checked out but everything I was doing this weekend I have had to cancel. It could be serious So I am in a bit of a state. So all thoughts and prayers appreciated at present. But there &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/2023\/09\/23\/let-the-not-so-good-times-roll\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Let The Not So Good Times Roll<\/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-176049","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-JNv","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":176346,"url":"https:\/\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/2024\/01\/06\/more-rain-again\/","url_meta":{"origin":176049,"position":0},"title":"More Rain Again","author":"diana Stone","date":"January 6, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"Its very wet and not in a good way, like moist or damp may sometimes be when appropriate. 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