{"id":14370,"date":"2016-11-02T08:51:53","date_gmt":"2016-11-02T15:51:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/admin.patheos.com\/blogs\/monkeymind\/?p=14370"},"modified":"2016-11-02T08:57:58","modified_gmt":"2016-11-02T15:57:58","slug":"wishing-k-d-lang-a-wondrous-happy-sixty-fifth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/monkeymind\/2016\/11\/wishing-k-d-lang-a-wondrous-happy-sixty-fifth.html","title":{"rendered":"Wishing K. D. Lang a Wondrous Happy Fifty-Fifth!"},"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><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/81\/2016\/11\/K-D-Lang.jpeg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-14371\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-14371\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/81\/2016\/11\/K-D-Lang.jpeg\" alt=\"K D Lang\" width=\"180\" height=\"280\"><\/a><br>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.kdlang.com\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Kathryn Dawn Lang<\/a> was born fifty-five years ago, today.<\/p>\n<p>LGBT rights activist. Animal rights advocate. Nyingma <a href='https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/library\/buddhism' target='_blank'>Buddhist<\/a>. And, one heck of a singer with an astonishing range.<\/p>\n<p>Also, it seems her voice is only getting better. Just sayin\u2019<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/P_NpxTWbovE\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kathryn Dawn Lang was born fifty-five years ago, today. LGBT rights activist. Animal rights advocate. Nyingma Buddhist. And, one heck of a singer with an astonishing range. Also, it seems her voice is only getting better. 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