{"id":391,"date":"2009-02-23T16:33:00","date_gmt":"2009-02-23T16:33:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/americanbuddhist\/2009\/02\/life-monday-morning-randoms\/"},"modified":"2009-02-23T16:33:00","modified_gmt":"2009-02-23T16:33:00","slug":"life-monday-morning-randoms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/americanbuddhist\/2009\/02\/life-monday-morning-randoms.html","title":{"rendered":"Life: Monday Morning Randoms"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><head><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><\/head><body><p>Sitting \u2013 sore back (hard bed in Helena).  Needing, no \u2013 wanting \u2013 better office chair for home. <\/p>\n<p>Enjoying Missoula \u2013 so many wonderful people.  Life, pretty good here.  Recession, will hit us next year (Montana is <span style=\"font-style: italic\">behind the curve<\/span> on practically everything). <\/p>\n<p>Nostalgic a bit for Bristol, hearing from many old acquaintances, friends and classmates after Ken\u2019s passing.  Funny, how even in death he is bringing people together.  A wonderful man.<\/p>\n<p>Not so nostalgic for London, but happy for my recent time there (free of <span style=\"font-style: italic\">drama<\/span>), looking forward to more enjoyable time in London.  Some day I\u2019ll even take back D.C.<\/p>\n<p>Photography, a new obsession.  Nine more frames purchased this weekend (at $5 each).  Next step: prints.<\/p>\n<p>Thesis work \u2013 actually happening.  Planning for an intense week and off to a good start.<\/p>\n<p>Work, is work.<\/p>\n<p>Exercise, is lacking but on the agenda.  Meditation too.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking of agenda, and work, I\u2019m off.<\/p>\n<div class=\"blogger-post-footer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/tracker\/7907151-5867149727749198774?l=americanbuddhist.blogspot.com\" alt=\"\"><\/div>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sitting \u2013 sore back (hard bed in Helena). Needing, no \u2013 wanting \u2013 better office chair for home. Enjoying Missoula \u2013 so many wonderful people. Life, pretty good here. Recession, will hit us next year (Montana is behind the curve on practically everything). 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