{"id":24107,"date":"2023-01-21T18:29:47","date_gmt":"2023-01-22T00:29:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/?p=24107"},"modified":"2023-01-25T09:49:55","modified_gmt":"2023-01-25T15:49:55","slug":"chasing-sunlight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/2023\/01\/chasing-sunlight\/","title":{"rendered":"Chasing sunlight"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/PXL_20230121_235157293-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"867\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/PXL_20230121_235157293-867x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-24108\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/PXL_20230121_235157293-867x1024.jpg 867w, http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/PXL_20230121_235157293-254x300.jpg 254w, http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/PXL_20230121_235157293-768x908.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/PXL_20230121_235157293-1300x1536.jpg 1300w, http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/PXL_20230121_235157293-1733x2048.jpg 1733w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 867px) 100vw, 867px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We had some dreary days this week, again. I chased sunlight by working with gold and yellow thread and spending an afternoon with a friend.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I chased it by reading a novel by Amor Towels, a favorite author.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I chased it by listening to a new piece of classical music every day. (See the book, <em>Year of Wonder<\/em> by Clemency Burton-Hill.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I found sunlight as I wrote out a story from my dad&#8217;s life. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I found it as I studied about the mission of John the Baptist. (See <em>The Life and Teachings of Jesus Christ From Bethlehem to the Sermon on the Mount<\/em>, edited by Richard Neitzel Holzapfel and Thomas Wayment.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This week, rather than put away the Christmas cards, I hung them on an empty wall in my kitchen where they will stay. The faces on the cards feel like sunlight to me.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We had some dreary days this week, again. I chased sunlight by working with gold and yellow thread and spending an afternoon with a friend. I chased it by reading a novel by Amor Towels, a favorite author. I chased it by listening to a new piece of classical music every day. (See the book, &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/2023\/01\/chasing-sunlight\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Chasing sunlight<\/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":[16,36,20,38],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-24107","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-art","category-jesus-christ","category-life-according-to-angela","category-new-testament"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24107","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=24107"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24107\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24140,"href":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24107\/revisions\/24140"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24107"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24107"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24107"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}