{"id":46608,"date":"2016-07-04T22:42:31","date_gmt":"2016-07-04T21:42:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/?p=46608"},"modified":"2016-07-04T22:56:10","modified_gmt":"2016-07-04T21:56:10","slug":"july-4-2016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/2016\/07\/04\/july-4-2016\/","title":{"rendered":"July 4 2016"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s a bit of a low key day, after a weekend of gigs. My mood is a bit low today and I can&#8217;t get going, though i have been doing a few mundane tasks and the day has passed quite quickly. \u00a0This miserable summer is really not helping and I do wonder if we will see any real sunshine for the remainder of the season. I am really not too hopeful to be honest. There seems to be a strange mood in the land too. Almost like discovering that from now on it will always be a wet Sunday \u00a0afternoon for all eternity. \u00a0 I am not sure why I feel like this, \u00a0as the good things in my life are still good and compared to a lot of people I am fairly secure.<\/p>\n<p>Mental health is a weird thing though isn&#8217;t it?<\/p>\n<p><a data-flickr-embed=\"true\"  href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/diana_stone\/27342628374\/in\/dateposted\/\" title=\"WP_20160616_21_11_49_Pro\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/c7.staticflickr.com\/8\/7292\/27342628374_7a866090a1_c.jpg?resize=604%2C339&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"604\" height=\"339\" alt=\"WP_20160616_21_11_49_Pro\"><\/a><script async src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<br \/>\n<a data-flickr-embed=\"true\"  href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/diana_stone\/27853193412\/in\/photostream\/\" title=\"WP_20160615_14_23_48_Pro\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/c5.staticflickr.com\/8\/7711\/27853193412_482e9ab83d_c.jpg?resize=604%2C339&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"604\" height=\"339\" alt=\"WP_20160615_14_23_48_Pro\"><\/a><script async src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<br \/>\n<a data-flickr-embed=\"true\"  href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/diana_stone\/27852242212\/in\/photostream\/\" title=\"Delta ladies Stage set up at the Motorcycle Hotel\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/c5.staticflickr.com\/8\/7294\/27852242212_43cf968c0f_c.jpg?resize=604%2C339&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"604\" height=\"339\" alt=\"Delta ladies Stage set up at the Motorcycle Hotel\"><\/a><script async src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s a bit of a low key day, after a weekend of gigs. My mood is a bit low today and I can&#8217;t get going, though i have been doing a few mundane tasks and the day has passed quite quickly. \u00a0This miserable summer is really not helping and I do wonder if we will &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/2016\/07\/04\/july-4-2016\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">July 4 2016<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"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-46608","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-musings"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6NRDR-c7K","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":179061,"url":"https:\/\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/2025\/06\/22\/still-too-hot\/","url_meta":{"origin":46608,"position":0},"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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