{"id":177695,"date":"2024-07-25T18:26:10","date_gmt":"2024-07-25T17:26:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/?p=177695"},"modified":"2024-07-26T11:46:48","modified_gmt":"2024-07-26T10:46:48","slug":"its-a-mad-mad-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/2024\/07\/25\/its-a-mad-mad-world\/","title":{"rendered":"It&#8217;s a mad, mad world"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">My brain is a bit fried this week. Here is my latest tune. About the weird world of the interwebs sort of I guess. Meaning might though be in the eye of the beholder to an extent in this case perhaps.  <br><br><strong>Troll Me Susie<\/strong><\/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\/1879841991&#038;color=%238c8cc8&#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\/troll-me-susie\" title=\"Troll Me Susie\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"color: #cccccc; text-decoration: none;\" rel=\"noopener\">Troll Me Susie<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It&#8217;s a close sort of day cloudy, but also warm. And I am getting a bit bad tempered. I can&#8217;t seem to burn off the energy though I have been busy enough. I might be getting a bit hyper or manic perhaps? I am feeling a bit manic today. Not a good place to be in. These things go in cycles often with no rhyme or reason. A bit like anxiety attacks out of the blue. There is usually a trigger though I can&#8217;t seem to find it.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The business of creating music goes on, though it must be said some days are a real slog. An idea seems inspired then turns out to be insipid then often turns in to something else entirely if you are lucky. I often wonder what writers do, staring at a blank page. Perhaps repeated trips to the fridge in the hope of calorific or caffinised enlightenment? I drink tea but so much as I used to do.<br><br><strong>Make a will if you and your partner are not married<\/strong>.<br><br><strong><em>A tale of woe and English law<\/em><\/strong>&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-text-color has-medium-orange-color has-alpha-channel-opacity has-medium-orange-background-color has-background is-style-wide\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">My sister is awaiting the distribution of her late partners estate. So far it has taken close to 3 years. She has been to court twice and the Judge ruled that in terms of his estate she should be treated as a spouse. (they were together in total for 40 years). Her concerns have also unsettled me.  It is the case that she has missed various communications from her solicitors or has misunderstood them as they have not been clear or concise.  She is finding it difficult to keep on top of things. There is virtually nothing that I can do to help her out. It may still be the case that the amount left in the estate is substantial but the final settlement and the amount has still not being made clear. Personally I do think it unreasonable that solicitors cannot clarify these matters in the simple form so that she might be able to plan going forward. She has multiple serious health issues to contend with. If the worst come to the worst we may have to put her up here but it will cause considerable friction. She would though then be homeless so we might be able to get some traction with local housing authorities though her fear is that they might place her in an OAP home as she now has multiple health problems. With regard to any moneys from the estate the solicitors can deduct any money owing first in law. So she could come out with very little which is perfectly legal in the UK. All this makes me feel rather sad. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I spoke to her today. I told her that she must ring the solicitors and ask directly when they will be paying the money out or if they are not why not They said they had the money from the court last week.I can&#8217;t get involved as I am not the client so they have no obligation to speak to me. I am trying very hard not get involved but is stressing me a lot. She has not got enough money to live on now. Her pensions do not cover the trips to hospital and so forth. She is still chasing her money. The court made the award for an interim payment 65 days ago on at the time of writing this.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My brain is a bit fried this week. Here is my latest tune. About the weird world of the interwebs sort of I guess. Meaning might though be in the eye of the beholder to an extent in this case perhaps. Troll Me Susie Diana Stones Glasscage \u00b7 Troll Me Susie It&#8217;s a close sort &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/2024\/07\/25\/its-a-mad-mad-world\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">It&#8217;s a mad, mad world<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":177733,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_seo_schema_type":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_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},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[22,20,10,4,3,17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-177695","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bipolar","category-delta-ladies","category-diana_stones_songs","category-music","category-musings","category-other"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/breaking-news.png?fit=1280%2C720&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6NRDR-Ke3","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":175031,"url":"https:\/\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/2021\/07\/11\/struck-philosophical-almost\/","url_meta":{"origin":177695,"position":0},"title":"Struck Philosophical Almost","author":"diana Stone","date":"July 11, 2021","format":"aside","excerpt":"Diana Stones Glasscage \u00b7 Take A Chance 2121 \u00a0 \u00a0 I was struck philosophical this morning. I thought about my decisions over the last 20 years and on the whole I think they were the right ones. Givinging up the well paid Civil Service Job for full time music and\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Diana Stones Songs&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Diana Stones Songs","link":"https:\/\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/category\/diana_stones_songs\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":178710,"url":"https:\/\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/2025\/02\/24\/its-mad-mad-mad-world\/","url_meta":{"origin":177695,"position":1},"title":"It&#8217;s mad mad mad world","author":"diana Stone","date":"February 24, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"I am trying to ignore events around me as much as possible but it is harder than I thought it would be. And we are indeed living in interesting times as the Chinese proverb (curse) says. It's definitely not conducive to normal life is it. I do wonder how far\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Musings&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Musings","link":"https:\/\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/category\/musings\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Screenshot-2023-07-18-193118.jpg?fit=372%2C340&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":177444,"url":"https:\/\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/2024\/06\/01\/what-a-world-with-such-wonders-in-it\/","url_meta":{"origin":177695,"position":2},"title":"What A World With Such Wonders In It","author":"diana Stone","date":"June 1, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"#NOW \"C*nt!\", \"F**k the royals!\" A British woman with her family chased out of park outside of Trump's Trial \"We just came here for entertainment, we've seen it on TV\" pic.twitter.com\/XGaasCXhx5 \u2014 Oliya Scootercaster \ud83d\udef4 (@ScooterCasterNY) May 29, 2024 Well there's a warm welcome if ever I saw one. A\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Diana Stones Songs&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Diana Stones Songs","link":"https:\/\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/category\/diana_stones_songs\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/20240530_135328.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/20240530_135328.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/20240530_135328.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/20240530_135328.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/20240530_135328.jpg?resize=1050%2C600&ssl=1 3x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/20240530_135328.jpg?resize=1400%2C800&ssl=1 4x"},"classes":[]},{"id":175310,"url":"https:\/\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/2022\/04\/20\/the-quickening\/","url_meta":{"origin":177695,"position":3},"title":"The Quickening","author":"diana Stone","date":"April 20, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"Its all getting rather\u00a0 busy on the music front suddenly.\u00a0 Some interesting new opportunity's are presenting themselves.\u00a0 From famine to feast this year\u00a0 seems to be the case, or is it simply a matter of seek and ye shall find maybe?\u00a0 \u00a0Try not blow it will be my motto though\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Delta Ladies&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Delta Ladies","link":"https:\/\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/category\/delta-ladies\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":178472,"url":"https:\/\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/2024\/12\/29\/popular-music\/","url_meta":{"origin":177695,"position":4},"title":"Popular Music","author":"diana Stone","date":"December 29, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"Diana Stones Glasscage \u00b7 The good Stuff This is a selection of recent recordings that seem to have been well received :)","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Diana Stones Songs&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Diana Stones Songs","link":"https:\/\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/category\/diana_stones_songs\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/cafe2.jpg?fit=1200%2C675&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/cafe2.jpg?fit=1200%2C675&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/cafe2.jpg?fit=1200%2C675&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/cafe2.jpg?fit=1200%2C675&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/cafe2.jpg?fit=1200%2C675&ssl=1&resize=1050%2C600 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":176150,"url":"https:\/\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/2023\/11\/08\/my-latest-recording\/","url_meta":{"origin":177695,"position":5},"title":"My latest Recording","author":"diana Stone","date":"November 8, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"Just my latest song on Soundcloud Diana Stones Glasscage \u00b7 We All The Same Who Are They Diana Stone Playing My Old Harmony Acoustic Diana Stone in 2022 Dian Stone in the studio at Great Denham Bedfordshire Diana Stone and Ralph Stephenson Diana Stone making a phone call","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Delta Ladies&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Delta Ladies","link":"https:\/\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/category\/history\/whatever\/delta-ladies-whatever\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/keys-at-home-scaled.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/keys-at-home-scaled.jpg?resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/keys-at-home-scaled.jpg?resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/keys-at-home-scaled.jpg?resize=700%2C400 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/keys-at-home-scaled.jpg?resize=1050%2C600 3x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/keys-at-home-scaled.jpg?resize=1400%2C800 4x"},"classes":[]}],"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/177695","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=177695"}],"version-history":[{"count":16,"href":"https:\/\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/177695\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":177734,"href":"https:\/\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/177695\/revisions\/177734"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/177733"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=177695"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=177695"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=177695"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}