{"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 class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">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 class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">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\/heat-haze-for-piano-bb-minor'>Heat Haze for Piano Bb Minor<\/a><\/div><time datetime=\"2026-07-10T17:40:47+01:00\" class=\"wp-block-rss__item-publish-date\">July 10, 2026<\/time> <div class=\"wp-block-rss__item-excerpt\">Impressionistic short piano work in Bb minor<\/div><\/li><li class='wp-block-rss__item'><div class='wp-block-rss__item-title'><a href='https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/dianastone\/its-so-very-very-warm'>Its So Very Very Warm<\/a><\/div><time datetime=\"2026-07-03T20:56:54+01:00\" class=\"wp-block-rss__item-publish-date\">July 3, 2026<\/time> <div class=\"wp-block-rss__item-excerpt\">A song about what to do in warm weather with your very special friend<\/div><\/li><li class='wp-block-rss__item'><div class='wp-block-rss__item-title'><a href='https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/dianastone\/the-way-i-look-at-you'>The Way I Look at You<\/a><\/div><time datetime=\"2026-06-28T16:16:18+01:00\" class=\"wp-block-rss__item-publish-date\">June 28, 2026<\/time> <div class=\"wp-block-rss__item-excerpt\">The Way I Look at You by Diana Stone<\/div><\/li><li class='wp-block-rss__item'><div class='wp-block-rss__item-title'><a href='https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/dianastone\/totally-wrecked-by-desire'>Totally Wrecked By Desire<\/a><\/div><time datetime=\"2026-06-18T20:37:34+01:00\" class=\"wp-block-rss__item-publish-date\">June 18, 2026<\/time> <div class=\"wp-block-rss__item-excerpt\">Totally Wrecked By Desire by Diana Stone<\/div><\/li><li class='wp-block-rss__item'><div class='wp-block-rss__item-title'><a href='https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/dianastone\/lonely-fish-remix-radio-edit'>Lonely Fish (Remix Radio Edit)<\/a><\/div><time datetime=\"2026-06-15T11:54:41+01:00\" class=\"wp-block-rss__item-publish-date\">June 15, 2026<\/time> <div class=\"wp-block-rss__item-excerpt\">Folk\/Prog vibe song<\/div><\/li><li class='wp-block-rss__item'><div class='wp-block-rss__item-title'><a href='https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/dianastone\/good-hard-times'>Good Hard Times<\/a><\/div><time datetime=\"2026-06-05T14:08:22+01:00\" class=\"wp-block-rss__item-publish-date\">June 5, 2026<\/time> <div class=\"wp-block-rss__item-excerpt\">Good Hard Times by Diana Stone<\/div><\/li><li class='wp-block-rss__item'><div class='wp-block-rss__item-title'><a href='https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/dianastone\/i-just-dont-understand-the'>I just dont understand the world anymore<\/a><\/div><time datetime=\"2026-05-31T20:13:25+01:00\" class=\"wp-block-rss__item-publish-date\">May 31, 2026<\/time> <div class=\"wp-block-rss__item-excerpt\">Moody mid tempo rock\/pop song with synth vibe<\/div><\/li><li class='wp-block-rss__item'><div class='wp-block-rss__item-title'><a href='https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/dianastone\/dearest-unrequited-love'>Dearest Unrequited Love<\/a><\/div><time datetime=\"2026-05-23T16:12:32+01:00\" class=\"wp-block-rss__item-publish-date\">May 23, 2026<\/time> <div class=\"wp-block-rss__item-excerpt\">Unrequited Love leads to sorrow and frustration.<\/div><\/li><li class='wp-block-rss__item'><div class='wp-block-rss__item-title'><a href='https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/dianastone\/i-had-a-plan-i-guess'>I had a Plan I Guess<\/a><\/div><time datetime=\"2026-05-14T12:20:50+01:00\" class=\"wp-block-rss__item-publish-date\">May 14, 2026<\/time> <div class=\"wp-block-rss__item-excerpt\">Folk pop song about who is pulling your strings<\/div><\/li><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> <div class=\"wp-block-rss__item-excerpt\">Come On take Me For A Ride by Diana Stone<\/div><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/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_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":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"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":175411,"url":"https:\/\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/2022\/08\/09\/just-a-little-bit-crazy-right-now-again\/","url_meta":{"origin":178786,"position":0},"title":"Just a Little bit Crazy Right Now Again","author":"diana Stone","date":"August 9, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"\u00a0 Yep, I am just a little bit mader than usual. But then aren't we all now. My post covid low seems to have lifted a bit\u00a0 now but I am still fatigued and a prone to low grade headaches too. 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Then as if by magic a\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\/2024\/05\/gg2.png?fit=1200%2C770&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/gg2.png?fit=1200%2C770&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/gg2.png?fit=1200%2C770&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/gg2.png?fit=1200%2C770&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/gg2.png?fit=1200%2C770&ssl=1&resize=1050%2C600 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":179061,"url":"https:\/\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/2025\/06\/22\/still-too-hot\/","url_meta":{"origin":178786,"position":3},"title":"Still too hot.","author":"diana Stone","date":"June 22, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"It's still to hot for me. Here's a short Piano mood piece. Just a modal minor tune.It might grow into something else as well though. Diana Stones Glasscage \u00b7 Afterthought For Piano I feel very worn again. 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