{"id":6436,"date":"2014-01-06T07:00:27","date_gmt":"2014-01-06T13:00:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jolenephilo.com\/staging\/?p=6436"},"modified":"2014-01-05T18:16:52","modified_gmt":"2014-01-06T00:16:52","slug":"back-in-the-saddle-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jolenephilo.com\/staging\/back-in-the-saddle-again\/","title":{"rendered":"Back in the Saddle Again"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Contrary to what a literal interpretation of the above title implies, the no-longer-afraid-of-heights-and-horses genie did not work any magic at our house over the holidays. Neither the man of steel or the woman of aluminum will be riding horses in the near future. Or until hell freezes over. Which could be today with a predicted high of -7.<\/p>\n

But I digress.<\/p>\n

The back in the saddle reference is purely metaphorical\u2013as is the hell freezing over phrase\u2013so maybe the previous paragraph wasn’t a digression, though this one is in danger of becoming one.<\/p>\n

Back to the topic at hand.<\/p>\n

After an autumn filled with writing-related travel and pitching in to help rellies move, along with two December weekends devoted to Christmas travel and house guests at our house this past weekend, the hubbub is officially over.<\/p>\n

I am back in the saddle again.<\/p>\n

Back in the saddle that is preparing DifferentDream.com<\/a> blog posts on Mondays, visiting Mom on Tuesdays, delving into writing and speaking projects Wednesdays through Fridays, and working around the house on the weekends. Back in the saddle without interruption for all of January and February.<\/p>\n

A very boring saddle.<\/p>\n

And a totally welcome one. Because it offers the long stretches of time needed to disappear into the story land of the mystery novel<\/a> waiting to be completed. A story land replete with real horses and real saddles, which are fun to image riding because there’s no danger of falling off and getting hurt.<\/p>\n

Now that’s my kind of adventure.<\/p>\n

Which is why I’m glad to be back in the saddle again. A metaphorical place were I plan to stay for most of January and February. Yippie yi yo kayah!<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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