{"id":178786,"date":"2025-03-19T15:57:27","date_gmt":"2025-03-19T15:57:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/?p=178786"},"modified":"2025-03-19T15:57:27","modified_gmt":"2025-03-19T15:57:27","slug":"hints-of-spring","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/2025\/03\/19\/hints-of-spring\/","title":{"rendered":"Hints Of Spring"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Yes there are a few, it&#8217;s sunny and its bright \u2600 Daffodils in abundance in many places and buds just showing on the trees too. Plus some Cherry blossoms I think.    Today is &#8220;Muscles Aching Day&#8221; it seems. 5 days of very heavily Violin focused gigs (St Patrick&#8217;s day events) has taken a toil. Interesting to see how long it will take to wear off. I think I can improve my stamina a bit which would help generally. I now have a bruise thats come out on my leg from my fall last week as well. Ho Hum. In the good news department I did manage to fix a bit of damaged kit,  a distribution amplifier we use for monitoring. That was a result \ud83d\ude42 Fortunately I had just the right tool required. An old friend that is also a musician made contact after about 20 years or so which was a nice surprise too. They had listened to some of my music and liked it which was gratifying. <br><br>We are still surrounded by portents of doom though on every side it seems.  USA\/Russia  developments over Ukraine do not seem encouraging at and there is yet more bombing in Gaza. Its difficult to have much in the way of hope at present to be honest. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>My last song that I let loose upon the unsuspecting world has been quite well received which is great. If you haven&#8217;t checked my stuff out yet here are a few recent songs and music \ud83c\udfb6:<\/p>\n\n\n<ul class=\"is-grid columns-2 has-dates has-excerpts wp-block-rss\"><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> <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\/existential-dread-swing-time'>Existential Dread  Swing Time<\/a><\/div><time datetime=\"2026-04-11T14:16:00+01:00\" class=\"wp-block-rss__item-publish-date\">April 11, 2026<\/time> <div class=\"wp-block-rss__item-excerpt\">Existential Dread Swing Time 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> <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> <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> <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> <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> <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> <div class=\"wp-block-rss__item-excerpt\">A song about feeling scared like so many of us are right now.<\/div><\/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> <div class=\"wp-block-rss__item-excerpt\">Nostalgic wistful theme<\/div><\/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> <div class=\"wp-block-rss__item-excerpt\">The grass is always greener<\/div><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yes there are a few, it&#8217;s sunny and its bright \u2600 Daffodils in abundance in many places and buds just showing on the trees too. Plus some Cherry blossoms I think. Today is &#8220;Muscles Aching Day&#8221; it seems. 5 days of very heavily Violin focused gigs (St Patrick&#8217;s day events) has taken a toil. Interesting &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/2025\/03\/19\/hints-of-spring\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Hints Of Spring<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":178796,"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-178786","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\/2025\/03\/At-the-pub.jpg?fit=2048%2C1536&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6NRDR-KvE","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":178747,"url":"https:\/\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/2025\/03\/12\/just-a-bit-of-fiddling\/","url_meta":{"origin":178786,"position":0},"title":"Just a bit of fiddling","author":"diana Stone","date":"March 12, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"A bit of ambient style Violin music @dianastonemusic #dianastone #violin #trancemusic #ambient #dianastonesglasscage #lovemymusic #dianasmusic #music \u266c Time to Reflect - Alien nos Beats","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":155796,"url":"https:\/\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/2020\/01\/27\/a-bit-of-edm-just-for-a-change\/","url_meta":{"origin":178786,"position":1},"title":"A bit of EDM just for a change","author":"diana Stone","date":"January 27, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/dianastone\/due-process","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":175621,"url":"https:\/\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/2022\/12\/13\/feeling-a-bit-of-a-chill\/","url_meta":{"origin":178786,"position":2},"title":"Feeling  a bit of a Chill","author":"diana Stone","date":"December 13, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"As if losing to them in the football wasn't bad enough... pic.twitter.com\/JiFmYJsWay \u2014 Trades Union Congress (@The_TUC) December 12, 2022","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":179658,"url":"https:\/\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/2026\/01\/03\/hello-its-2026\/","url_meta":{"origin":178786,"position":3},"title":"Hello Its 2026","author":"diana Stone","date":"January 3, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"Diana Stones Glasscage \u00b7 Show Me Something I Can Believe In There are a lot of really unhinged mostly xenophobic people on Facebook and for some reason I seem to get a lot of friend requests from them. Quite why I should be honored in such away I am unsure.\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\/2026\/01\/DSC00292.jpg?fit=1200%2C900&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/DSC00292.jpg?fit=1200%2C900&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/DSC00292.jpg?fit=1200%2C900&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/DSC00292.jpg?fit=1200%2C900&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/DSC00292.jpg?fit=1200%2C900&ssl=1&resize=1050%2C600 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":1386,"url":"https:\/\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/2012\/08\/12\/a-bit-of-peace-and-quiet\/","url_meta":{"origin":178786,"position":4},"title":"A bit of peace and quiet?","author":"diana Stone","date":"August 12, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"Its a little like the calm before storm. Just one gig on Friday then nothing for a couple of weeks, though we will be doing some rehearsing. Friday was supposed to be a band gig but turned in to a duo at the last moment due to illness as Rosie\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":175567,"url":"https:\/\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/2022\/11\/09\/november-the-next-bit\/","url_meta":{"origin":178786,"position":5},"title":"November, the next bit","author":"diana Stone","date":"November 9, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"So, its unseasonably mild at present and apparently the wettest on record. Slowly but surely I am moving out of my live music becalmed stage, as things are beginning to happen which is at least hopeful again. 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