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I’m taking a break from the blog for a bit this summer. Readership is down (a given since people are doing outdoorsy things and I’m not writing much anyway), and so is my inspiration. Be sure to follow my twitter feed<\/a> for news tidbits and things of interest that I spy as I go through my day. That will continue unabated. Have a great summer!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I’m taking a break from the blog for a bit this summer. Readership is down (a given since people are doing outdoorsy things and I’m not writing much anyway), and so is my inspiration. Be sure to follow my twitter feed for news tidbits and things of interest that I spy as I go through […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":303,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_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},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[143],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7655","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-miscellaneous"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pa8kC-1Zt","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":13896,"url":"https:\/\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/2015\/09\/09\/summer-music-a-look-back\/","url_meta":{"origin":7655,"position":0},"title":"summer music, a look back","author":"Charles Noble","date":"September 9, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"One of the nice perks of being a musician is being able to get away to beautiful places in which to make music at one of the many summer festivals held across the country each year. 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