{"id":176199,"date":"2023-12-03T19:21:18","date_gmt":"2023-12-03T19:21:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/?p=176199"},"modified":"2023-12-03T19:21:18","modified_gmt":"2023-12-03T19:21:18","slug":"reflections","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/2023\/12\/03\/reflections\/","title":{"rendered":"Reflections"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-light-brown-background-color has-background\">Its a time when echo&#8217;s from the past often become much louder to us. My ghosts are demanding attention, though ever so politely in their requests for a gap in my schedule.<br>But they will persist politely requesting until the new year I expect.  Usually then they tend to drift of of there own accord seemingly having found other diversions and distractions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Its going to be one of those days\/weeks for me. 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This is one of Jon&#8217;s own songs. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Avoiding the hibernation urge is difficult though and particularly at the time of writing.  I a have a track waiting for a vocal that will be the next &#8220;thing &#8221; I do. I just have to get started with it. Easier said than done though of course.  Winter is a struggle for me and is when I am most prone to mental health issues. I get by but its difficult at times. My compass does not always steer me true at this season.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I&#8217;m typing this in a break in a recording session. I just did a vocal take that sounds quite edgy. Also a guitar part.  Sometimes singing gives me a pain in the sinus. I could do without that really.     I will stop recording  now and let it all ferment a bit. that will also make it obvious if I need to add anything else or just mix the track as it sounds full already. Less is often more as I keep trying to convince myself. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Its a time when echo&#8217;s from the past often become much louder to us. My ghosts are demanding attention, though ever so politely in their requests for a gap in my schedule.But they will persist politely requesting until the new year I expect. Usually then they tend to drift of of there own accord seemingly &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/2023\/12\/03\/reflections\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Reflections<\/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-176199","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-JPV","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":175087,"url":"https:\/\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/2021\/09\/13\/summers-last-fling\/","url_meta":{"origin":176199,"position":0},"title":"Summers Last Fling","author":"diana Stone","date":"September 13, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"\u00a0 Diana Stones Glasscage \u00b7 Walking Home Alone Again \u00a0 Its suddenly warm and the sun has returned to confuse us all as it is\u00a0 now meteorological autumn. 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