{"id":177322,"date":"2024-05-12T16:33:24","date_gmt":"2024-05-12T15:33:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/?p=177322"},"modified":"2024-05-12T16:33:24","modified_gmt":"2024-05-12T15:33:24","slug":"going-forward-then-boldly","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/2024\/05\/12\/going-forward-then-boldly\/","title":{"rendered":"Going Forward Then Boldly?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-beige-background-color has-background\"> My Covid  is slowly abating thank goodness though I am pretty fatigued so my plan for world domination is going to be delayed again ever so slightly.  Everything aches but I am just about functional though a little bit more chaotic than usual. My brains a bit fried so i may not be too creative right now.  I haven&#8217;t seen the Aurora. There might be a slight chance of it being visible tonight though I am not holding my breath.  I notice that in the last couple of years a lot of internet content seems to be disappearing behind paywalls which is a shame as it means I no longer get to see a lot of stuff as  an older person(pensioner\/senior) on a limited income I simple can&#8217;t afford to set up multiple subscriptions for stuff much as I would like to be able to support independent writers and journalists.    <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-beige-background-color has-background\">I am feeling better but very fatigued and hopefully the Covid is almost gone. It peaked on the day I actually got the positive test result, so its lasted about 9 days from start to finish. That&#8217;s not to bad as when I had it in 2022 it was very severe and I was ill for nearly 3 weeks. Also then it left me quite wobbly and fatigued for about a month. Last night I glanced a loft a couple of times but alas no aurora. I also watched a few minutes of the new Dr Who. I expect I give that a go on Iplayer at some point. I also thought I would listen to the Eurovision winning song. Not really my sort of thing being an ageing Prog rock, Folk and Jazz\/ Classical music fan. But clever production and all that. As for the dancing up and down the weird wobbly disc thing, fair play but Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers would have done it better. 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has-authors wp-block-rss\"><li class='wp-block-rss__item'><div class='wp-block-rss__item-title'><a href='https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/dianastone\/remember-that-time-when-you'>Remember that time when you were cosmic<\/a><\/div><time datetime=\"2026-04-25T18:26:05+01:00\" class=\"wp-block-rss__item-publish-date\">April 25, 2026<\/time> <span class=\"wp-block-rss__item-author\">by Diana Stone<\/span><\/li><li class='wp-block-rss__item'><div class='wp-block-rss__item-title'><a href='https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/dianastone\/make-free-with-me'>Make Free With Me<\/a><\/div><time datetime=\"2026-04-24T11:52:28+01:00\" class=\"wp-block-rss__item-publish-date\">April 24, 2026<\/time> <span class=\"wp-block-rss__item-author\">by Diana Stone<\/span><\/li><li class='wp-block-rss__item'><div class='wp-block-rss__item-title'><a href='https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/dianastone\/maybe-faith-hope-and-charity'>Maybe Faith Hope and Charity<\/a><\/div><time datetime=\"2026-04-15T14:53:14+01:00\" class=\"wp-block-rss__item-publish-date\">April 15, 2026<\/time> <span class=\"wp-block-rss__item-author\">by Diana Stone<\/span><\/li><li class='wp-block-rss__item'><div class='wp-block-rss__item-title'><a href='https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/dianastone\/on-a-day-such-as-this-only'>On A Day Such As This Only Memories<\/a><\/div><time datetime=\"2026-04-05T16:32:10+01:00\" class=\"wp-block-rss__item-publish-date\">April 5, 2026<\/time> <span class=\"wp-block-rss__item-author\">by Diana Stone<\/span><\/li><li class='wp-block-rss__item'><div class='wp-block-rss__item-title'><a href='https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/dianastone\/marching-in-lines'>Marching In Lines<\/a><\/div><time datetime=\"2026-03-30T13:40:25+01:00\" class=\"wp-block-rss__item-publish-date\">March 30, 2026<\/time> <span class=\"wp-block-rss__item-author\">by Diana Stone<\/span><\/li><li class='wp-block-rss__item'><div class='wp-block-rss__item-title'><a href='https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/dianastone\/disappointments-and'>Disappointments and Distractions<\/a><\/div><time datetime=\"2026-03-23T20:27:58+00:00\" class=\"wp-block-rss__item-publish-date\">March 23, 2026<\/time> <span class=\"wp-block-rss__item-author\">by Diana Stone<\/span><\/li><li class='wp-block-rss__item'><div class='wp-block-rss__item-title'><a href='https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/dianastone\/interference-patterns'>Interference Patterns<\/a><\/div><time datetime=\"2026-03-15T14:48:59+00:00\" class=\"wp-block-rss__item-publish-date\">March 15, 2026<\/time> <span class=\"wp-block-rss__item-author\">by Diana Stone<\/span><\/li><li class='wp-block-rss__item'><div class='wp-block-rss__item-title'><a href='https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/dianastone\/false-dawns-illusion'>False Dawns Illusion<\/a><\/div><time datetime=\"2026-03-07T19:48:06+00:00\" class=\"wp-block-rss__item-publish-date\">March 7, 2026<\/time> <span class=\"wp-block-rss__item-author\">by Diana Stone<\/span><\/li><li class='wp-block-rss__item'><div class='wp-block-rss__item-title'><a href='https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/dianastone\/everything-scares-me-so'>Everything Scares Me So<\/a><\/div><time datetime=\"2026-03-02T16:44:02+00:00\" class=\"wp-block-rss__item-publish-date\">March 2, 2026<\/time> <span class=\"wp-block-rss__item-author\">by Diana Stone<\/span><\/li><li class='wp-block-rss__item'><div class='wp-block-rss__item-title'><a href='https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/dianastone\/not-home-yet'>Not Home Yet<\/a><\/div><time datetime=\"2026-02-27T14:00:50+00:00\" class=\"wp-block-rss__item-publish-date\">February 27, 2026<\/time> <span class=\"wp-block-rss__item-author\">by Diana Stone<\/span><\/li><li class='wp-block-rss__item'><div class='wp-block-rss__item-title'><a href='https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/dianastone\/big-sticking-plaster'>Big Sticking Plaster<\/a><\/div><time datetime=\"2026-02-21T19:13:57+00:00\" class=\"wp-block-rss__item-publish-date\">February 21, 2026<\/time> <span class=\"wp-block-rss__item-author\">by Diana Stone<\/span><\/li><li class='wp-block-rss__item'><div class='wp-block-rss__item-title'><a href='https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/dianastone\/and-i-always-loved-you'>And I Always Loved You<\/a><\/div><time datetime=\"2026-02-15T22:07:55+00:00\" class=\"wp-block-rss__item-publish-date\">February 15, 2026<\/time> <span class=\"wp-block-rss__item-author\">by Diana Stone<\/span><\/li><\/ul>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My Covid is slowly abating thank goodness though I am pretty fatigued so my plan for world domination is going to be delayed again ever so slightly. Everything aches but I am just about functional though a little bit more chaotic than usual. My brains a bit fried so i may not be too creative &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/2024\/05\/12\/going-forward-then-boldly\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Going Forward Then Boldly?<\/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":"I am feeling better but very fatigued and hopefully the Covid is almost gone. It peaked on the day I actually got the positive test result, so its lasted about 9 days from start to finish. That's not to bad as when I had it in 2022 it was very severe and I was ill for nearly 3 weeks. Also then it left me quite wobbly and fatigued for about a month. Last night I glanced a loft a couple of times but alas no aurora. I also watched a few minutes of the new Dr Who. I expect I give that a go on Iplayer at some point. I also thought I would listen to the Eurovision winning song. Not really my sort of thing being an ageing Prog rock, Folk and Jazz\/ Classical music fan. But clever production and all that. As for the dancing up and down the weird wobbly disc thing, fair play but Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers would have done it better. 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My brain was not fully engaged as I forgot my keyboard stand but I managed with a table though it was a little bit awkward. But it went OK so that's\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Elephant Shelf&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Elephant Shelf","link":"https:\/\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/category\/elephant-shelf\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":1369,"url":"https:\/\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/2012\/06\/06\/still-not-right\/","url_meta":{"origin":177322,"position":1},"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. Over the weekend I had a bit of a flair up which was hard going as we had 3 gigs in a row. They were all pretty well received too. Its\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Musings&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Musings","link":"https:\/\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/category\/musings\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":1148,"url":"https:\/\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/2011\/11\/14\/back-to-the-old-routine\/","url_meta":{"origin":177322,"position":2},"title":"Back to the old routine","author":"diana Stone","date":"November 14, 2011","format":false,"excerpt":"I am starting to get back into the more usual routine of gigs now. It varies from slightly chavey pubs (though often with very nice salt of the earth types) to proper music venues so the vibe is quite different although the shows the same. We had a couple of\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Bi-polar&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Bi-polar","link":"https:\/\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/category\/musings\/bipolar\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":175484,"url":"https:\/\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/2022\/09\/18\/september-the-middle-bit-qe2-and-afterwards\/","url_meta":{"origin":177322,"position":3},"title":"September The Middle Bit QE2 and afterwards","author":"diana Stone","date":"September 18, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"It's I have been busy, with 2 rehearsals, sorting and tidying stuff up and so forth so it's gone quite quickly. since QE2 set sale unexpectedly this week. It's a very strange atmosphere though.\u00a0 This hiatus and stilling of\u00a0 the world. Shortly my car goes in for an MOT and\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Musings&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Musings","link":"https:\/\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/category\/musings\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":177351,"url":"https:\/\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/2024\/05\/21\/post-covid-first-gig-and-stuff\/","url_meta":{"origin":177322,"position":4},"title":"Post Covid First Gig And Stuff","author":"diana Stone","date":"May 21, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"I managed to get through the gig OK and it was fun. I am still a bit fatigued though. But hey I enjoyed it and that's the point really. Also a friend who is quite reclusive came along and watched the first set which is nice. 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