{"id":178362,"date":"2024-12-09T16:24:01","date_gmt":"2024-12-09T16:24:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/?p=178362"},"modified":"2024-12-10T15:59:11","modified_gmt":"2024-12-10T15:59:11","slug":"gosh-is-it-getting-that-late-already","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/2024\/12\/09\/gosh-is-it-getting-that-late-already\/","title":{"rendered":"Gosh is it getting that late already?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Times flown by again and another year is almost past.So here&#8217;s another tune for you. It&#8217;s a quiet weekend again. In the silence if you listen carefully you can hear my bones clicking. But perhaps you would rather not and I respect that \ud83d\ude06<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h6 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/dianastone\/the-best-that-i-can-do-for-you\">The Best That I Can Do For You Now<\/a><\/h6>\n\n\n\n<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\/1976651603&#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><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\/the-best-that-i-can-do-for-you\" title=\"The Best That I Can Do For You Now\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"color: #cccccc; text-decoration: none;\">The Best That I Can Do For You Now<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>I do find christmas a difficult time. It just doesn&#8217;t do much for me. I have no objections to others getting jolly and all jingle belled up if they must of course as I am not really scrooge, or am I? To be honest I have both good and bad memories&#8217; of Christmas as a child but strangely now I can&#8217;t relate to it much at all. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This time of year in preparation for the next I am being drawn, almost forced into doing a lot rethinking and adjustment in my attitude to my life generally. I find comfort in being in control but often joy and delight visit when I am in those moments in flow (creatively )and perhaps out of control. I have a rich and vivid imagination at times and whilst I do not act out some of my wilder thoughts and fantasies now I don&#8217;t fear them. They are passing ghosts usually, phantoms that disperse like smoke or mist. Better to wave hello and deal with them safely than let them get behind the egos steering wheel and set course for heaven knows where.<br><br>A few tunes for you.<\/p>\n\n\n<ul class=\"is-grid columns-3 has-dates has-authors alignleft wp-block-rss\"><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><\/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><\/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><li class='wp-block-rss__item'><div class='wp-block-rss__item-title'><a href='https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/dianastone\/maybe-some-slilver-maybe-some'>Maybe Some Silver Maybe Some Gold<\/a><\/div><time datetime=\"2026-02-08T18:07:56+00:00\" class=\"wp-block-rss__item-publish-date\">February 8, 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\/good-sense-of-humour'>Good Sense Of Humour<\/a><\/div><time datetime=\"2026-01-30T18:36:43+00:00\" class=\"wp-block-rss__item-publish-date\">January 30, 2026<\/time> <span class=\"wp-block-rss__item-author\">by Diana Stone<\/span><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n<p><br><br><br><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-cover\"><span aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-cover__background has-background-dim\"><\/span><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"604\" height=\"805\" 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It&#8217;s a quiet weekend again. In the silence if you listen carefully you can hear my bones clicking. But perhaps you would rather not and I respect that \ud83d\ude06 The Best That I Can Do For You Now Diana Stones &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/2024\/12\/09\/gosh-is-it-getting-that-late-already\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Gosh is it getting that late already?<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":178383,"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-178362","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\/12\/DSC01238-scaled.jpg?fit=2560%2C1707&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6NRDR-KoO","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":175330,"url":"https:\/\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/2022\/05\/06\/do-it-again\/","url_meta":{"origin":178362,"position":0},"title":"Do It again","author":"diana Stone","date":"May 6, 2022","format":"video","excerpt":"\u00a0","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":136171,"url":"https:\/\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/2019\/02\/05\/and-yet-again-history-repeats-it-self\/","url_meta":{"origin":178362,"position":1},"title":"And yet again history repeats it self.","author":"diana Stone","date":"February 5, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"https:\/\/anotherangryvoice.blogspot.com\/2019\/02\/tory-mps-are-publicly-promoting.html","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":175323,"url":"https:\/\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/2022\/04\/29\/my-new-band-paisley-underground-again\/","url_meta":{"origin":178362,"position":2},"title":"My New Band Paisley Underground Again","author":"diana Stone","date":"April 29, 2022","format":"video","excerpt":"","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":179021,"url":"https:\/\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/2025\/06\/07\/tired-again\/","url_meta":{"origin":178362,"position":3},"title":"Tired Again","author":"diana Stone","date":"June 7, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"This week I am very tired. 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