{"id":236,"date":"2011-03-22T10:16:00","date_gmt":"2011-03-22T10:16:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/monkeymind\/2011\/03\/back-home-sick-but-happy\/"},"modified":"2011-11-01T15:03:01","modified_gmt":"2011-11-01T19:03:01","slug":"back-home-sick-but-happy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/monkeymind\/2011\/03\/back-home-sick-but-happy.html","title":{"rendered":"Back Home: Sick, but Happy"},"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><div dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: left\">I think Jan\u2019s big six oh birthday trip to the Big Apple was a major success.\n<p>Several spectacular meals. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.billyelliotbroadway.com\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Billy Eliot<\/a>. Visits to the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.folkartmuseum.org\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">American Folk Art Museum<\/a> and the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.themorgan.org\/home.asp\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Morgan Library &amp; Museum.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Tourist New York is one fine place\u2026 <\/p>\n<p>Unfortunately I\u2019ve come home with a humungous cold. Stuffed head. Aching chest.<\/p>\n<p>Brain like oatmeal\u2026 <\/p>\n<p>Further comments, therefore, delayed.<\/p>\n<p>Instead, a little ditty, inspired by the visit\u2026 <\/p>\n<p><\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"blogger-post-footer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/tracker\/33904114-1572803933671513156?l=monkeymindonline.blogspot.com\" alt=\"\"><\/div>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I think Jan\u2019s big six oh birthday trip to the Big Apple was a major success. 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