{"id":2805,"date":"2009-07-03T20:55:45","date_gmt":"2009-07-04T03:55:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/?p=2805"},"modified":"2009-07-03T20:57:04","modified_gmt":"2009-07-04T03:57:04","slug":"a-brief-pause","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/2009\/07\/03\/a-brief-pause\/","title":{"rendered":"a brief pause"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/iStock_000005532974XSmall.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2806\" style=\"border: 5px solid black;\" title=\"iStock_000005532974XSmall\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/iStock_000005532974XSmall.jpg?resize=425%2C282\" alt=\"iStock_000005532974XSmall\" width=\"425\" height=\"282\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m taking a brief pause for Independence Day (and the first day of the Tour de France) &#8211; so enjoy the weekend and see you back here on Monday the 6th.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;m taking a brief pause for Independence Day (and the first day of the Tour de France) &#8211; so enjoy the weekend and see you back here on Monday the 6th.<\/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":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2805","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pa8kC-Jf","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2547,"url":"https:\/\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/2009\/05\/17\/queen-elisabeth-violin-competition-finalists\/","url_meta":{"origin":2805,"position":0},"title":"queen elisabeth violin competition finalists","author":"Charles Noble","date":"May 17, 2009","format":false,"excerpt":"If you're following the violin competition circuit (and who isn't really?) here are the finalists in the 2009 Queen Elisabeth Competition in Belgium: You can also watch video on demand of the semi-finals here. 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