{"id":2258,"date":"2009-03-26T18:32:37","date_gmt":"2009-03-27T01:32:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/?p=2258"},"modified":"2013-02-07T19:36:20","modified_gmt":"2013-02-08T03:36:20","slug":"ah-spring","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/2009\/03\/26\/ah-spring\/","title":{"rendered":"ah, spring!"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"spring<\/a><\/p>\n

Did a nice ride up to Mt. Tabor and back today – it was a perfect early spring day, even the usual crappy Portland drivers seemed to be minding the road a bit better today!\u00c2\u00a0 However, Mr. Lindberg is already entering my brain, exhorting me to start practicing his difficult piece Feria<\/em> for Monday’s rehearsal…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Did a nice ride up to Mt. Tabor and back today – it was a perfect early spring day, even the usual crappy Portland drivers seemed to be minding the road a bit better today!\u00c2\u00a0 However, Mr. Lindberg is already entering my brain, exhorting me to start practicing his difficult piece Feria for Monday’s rehearsal…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":303,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[183,50,115,24,25],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2258","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-contemporary","category-cycling","category-music","category-photography","category-portland"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pa8kC-Aq","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":203,"url":"https:\/\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/2007\/02\/10\/spring-recital-planned\/","url_meta":{"origin":2258,"position":0},"title":"spring recital planned","author":"Charles Noble","date":"February 10, 2007","format":false,"excerpt":"My first major, formal recital in Portland (it only took 11 years!!) will take place on Saturday, April 7th at 7:30 p.m. at the Community Music Center (3350 SE Francis St, Portland, 97202). 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