{"id":178281,"date":"2024-11-23T22:17:08","date_gmt":"2024-11-23T22:17:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/?p=178281"},"modified":"2024-11-23T22:17:08","modified_gmt":"2024-11-23T22:17:08","slug":"today-its-hard","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/2024\/11\/23\/today-its-hard\/","title":{"rendered":"Today It&#8217;s Hard"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Today it&#8217;s hard to keep myself going and I will be hibernating before you know it. The walls are closing in a bit now. The news is full of doom and destruction of course. That&#8217;s not helpful either. I have been doing my usual daily routine but I am feeling exhausted totally and completely. And a little bit depressed too to be honest. I did have a friday trio gig and that was rather fun though so that has lifted my spirits&#8217; a bit. A joyous racket and happiness ensued. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-left\">So Putin&#8217;s got a hypersonic missile. <br>Spoiler alert \u26a0<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p>The V2 used in WW2 was a sort of ancestor:<br><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/V-2_rocket\">https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/V-2_rocket<\/a> <br>You won&#8217;t see or hear it coming. V2s dropped from an altitude of 100\u2013110&nbsp;km (62\u201368&nbsp;mi) at up to three times the speed of sound at sea level (approximately 3,550&nbsp;km\/h (2,206&nbsp;mph)).<br><br>So this new fangled thing was first fangled long ago. The thing is you can&#8217;t easily knock out a sub-orbital weapon, so actually you don&#8217;t need nukes so much. Just the kinetic energy alone on impact is massive and modern rockets will be faster, maybe 4000 mph. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h6 class=\"wp-block-heading\">A solo Piano work in Gb<\/h6>\n\n\n\n<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\/1965564543&#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&#038;visual=true\"><\/iframe><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;\">Diana Stones Glasscage<\/a> \u00b7 <a href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/dianastone\/when-spirits-talk\" title=\"When Spirits Talk\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"color: #cccccc; text-decoration: none;\">When Spirits Talk<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h6 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Diana Stone music \ud83c\udfb6 Some recent recordings below<br><\/h6>\n\n\n<ul class=\"is-grid columns-3 has-dates has-authors has-excerpts alignleft wp-block-rss\"><li class='wp-block-rss__item'><div class='wp-block-rss__item-title'><a href='https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/dianastone\/come-on-take-me-for-a-ride'>Come On take Me For A Ride<\/a><\/div><time datetime=\"2026-05-07T17:01:23+01:00\" class=\"wp-block-rss__item-publish-date\">May 7, 2026<\/time> <span class=\"wp-block-rss__item-author\">by Diana Stone<\/span><div class=\"wp-block-rss__item-excerpt\">Come On take Me For A Ride by Diana Stone<\/div><\/li><li class='wp-block-rss__item'><div class='wp-block-rss__item-title'><a href='https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/dianastone\/have-we-been-here-before'>Have We Been Here Before<\/a><\/div><time datetime=\"2026-05-03T16:47:26+01:00\" class=\"wp-block-rss__item-publish-date\">May 3, 2026<\/time> <span class=\"wp-block-rss__item-author\">by Diana Stone<\/span><div class=\"wp-block-rss__item-excerpt\">Mellow synth and piano instrumental<\/div><\/li><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><div class=\"wp-block-rss__item-excerpt\">Remember that time when you were cosmic by Diana Stone<\/div><\/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><div class=\"wp-block-rss__item-excerpt\">A song about letting go and being happy<\/div><\/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><div class=\"wp-block-rss__item-excerpt\">Maybe Faith Hope and Charity by Diana Stone<\/div><\/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><div class=\"wp-block-rss__item-excerpt\">On A Day Such As This Only Memories by Diana Stone<\/div><\/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><div class=\"wp-block-rss__item-excerpt\">A protest song sort of.<\/div><\/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><div class=\"wp-block-rss__item-excerpt\">Slightly world vibes alt pop-rock song with prog overtones<\/div><\/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><div class=\"wp-block-rss__item-excerpt\">Violin chil-out vibe with Synths<\/div><\/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><div class=\"wp-block-rss__item-excerpt\">Gentle solo piano piece<\/div><\/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><div class=\"wp-block-rss__item-excerpt\">A song about feeling scared like so many of us are right now.<\/div><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n<p><br><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Hallmark films on the TV now, the ordeal of trial by christmas begins&#8230;Arghh. <br>Or worse, reruns of the masked singer with of all things a dancing singing outside toilet.<br>Truly the stuff of nightmares.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Is it just me? I still have not managed to make any local music connections sadly and I am running out of energy to try at present. I just cannot hang around in pubs waiting for serendipity to strike. Shame but that road seems to be blocked at present.  I can&#8217;t be bothered to put another ad up before Christmas. Maybe try again in 2025? <br><br><br><br><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today it&#8217;s hard to keep myself going and I will be hibernating before you know it. The walls are closing in a bit now. The news is full of doom and destruction of course. That&#8217;s not helpful either. I have been doing my usual daily routine but I am feeling exhausted totally and completely. And &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/2024\/11\/23\/today-its-hard\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Today It&#8217;s Hard<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":178329,"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":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-178281","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-musings"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/night-scaled.jpg?fit=2560%2C1440&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6NRDR-Knv","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":171069,"url":"https:\/\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/2020\/11\/05\/november-fireworks-and-back-into-lockdown\/","url_meta":{"origin":178281,"position":0},"title":"November Fireworks and back into lockdown","author":"diana Stone","date":"November 5, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"The start of the month and the colors of autumn\u00a0 are still rich on many of the trees, Its cold but with blue skies. 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Here is a recent sort of Jazzy tune, It's a bit of weird\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":175409,"url":"https:\/\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/2022\/08\/05\/keeping-on-keeping-on-spaces-in-our-heads\/","url_meta":{"origin":178281,"position":2},"title":"Keeping On Keeping On Spaces In Our Heads","author":"diana Stone","date":"August 5, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"Well it's still a bit of a struggle, keeping up my level of concentration at present.\u00a0 I have been recording and writing a bit too. I hope by doing a little bit each day I will be able to get back to some reasonable level of fitness again. 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