{"id":20570,"date":"2021-06-30T10:17:35","date_gmt":"2021-06-30T16:17:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/?p=20570"},"modified":"2021-06-30T10:45:14","modified_gmt":"2021-06-30T16:45:14","slug":"grab-bag","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/2021\/06\/grab-bag\/","title":{"rendered":"Grab Bag"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There&#8217;s just a random collection of things to share this week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Reading<\/strong>: <em>Simple Justice<\/em> by Richard Kluger (history about Brown v. Board of Education) and Miss Buncle novels (fun)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Eating<\/strong>: corn on the cob and every fruit<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Thinking about<\/strong>: my next writing project (Which project do I choose? How long will I spend each day working on it? Who is my audience? How will I find the solitude to do it?)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Looking back<\/strong> over the month of June: We got through all the doctor checkup appointments and wisdom teeth extractions. I hiked more than I have in years. We finished and ordered 50 copies of my dad&#8217;s book.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Watching<\/strong>: a broad variety of things, mostly with Mark, who is also a cinephile. If you like biography, the Garth Brooks documentary on Netflix was interesting and inspiring. For kids, we liked <em>Luca<\/em> and <em>The Mysterious Benedict Society<\/em> on Disney+. Richard and I enjoyed <em>The Terminal<\/em> with Tom Hanks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Listening to<\/strong>: Elmer Bernstein&#8217;s <em>To Kill a Mockingbird<\/em> soundtrack; Josh Groban (His duet, <em>Both<\/em> <em>Sides Now<\/em>, with Sara Bareilles is really good, but it&#8217;s impossible for me to sing along); silence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Josh Groban - Both Sides Now (Duet with Sara Bareilles) [Official Audio]\" width=\"660\" height=\"371\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/B4ethFJZXiA?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Relieved about<\/strong>: the dogs behind our house are gone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/316202120375.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"479\" src=\"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/316202120375.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-19925\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/316202120375.jpg 640w, http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/316202120375-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><figcaption> The sounds of their panting and long-nailed feet as they scrambled down rotten deck stairs when they heard me open the back door were nightmarish. But the barking was terrifying.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Wondering<\/strong>: if this blog is worth anyone&#8217;s time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Inspired by<\/strong>: the people of Ammon in the Book of Mormon (Alma 26; 27:10, 29-30) What acts of courage are required of me? Also, Doctrine and Covenants 67 is a beautiful formula and foundation for staying true to the faith: trust the Creator, don&#8217;t focus on flaws of leaders, don&#8217;t fear, don&#8217;t be prideful and jealous. God will reveal himself to you as you are humble. Continue in patience.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There&#8217;s just a random collection of things to share this week. Reading: Simple Justice by Richard Kluger (history about Brown v. Board of Education) and Miss Buncle novels (fun) Eating: corn on the cob and every fruit Thinking about: my next writing project (Which project do I choose? How long will I spend each day &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/2021\/06\/grab-bag\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Grab Bag<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33,22,42,36,20,34,4,27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20570","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-book-of-mormon","category-book-reviews","category-doctrine-and-covenants","category-jesus-christ","category-life-according-to-angela","category-missionary","category-motherhood","category-music"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20570","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20570"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20570\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20583,"href":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20570\/revisions\/20583"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20570"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20570"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20570"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}