{"id":2636,"date":"2020-03-30T19:44:30","date_gmt":"2020-03-30T19:44:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.learningaloud.com\/curmudgeonspeaks\/?p=2636"},"modified":"2020-03-30T19:55:40","modified_gmt":"2020-03-30T19:55:40","slug":"small-victories","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.learningaloud.com\/curmudgeonspeaks\/2020\/03\/30\/small-victories\/","title":{"rendered":"Small victories"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When you are limited in where you can go and what you can do, any variety amounts to a small victory. We have this gazebo off our deck that looks cool, but we haven\u2019t used it that much. Mostly we pay someone to fix things. The windows were leaking and the bottom small windows all around had to be replaced to salvage the building. I always thought it would be ideal for watching Sunday football and baseball in the evening. It was often just too hot.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We had a very nice day today with the temp hitting the low 60s. The sun is even out. We brought out the vacuum cleaner and attacked the dust and are now justing sitting and enjoying the sunshine.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">What you can\u2019t see well is the solar panel I just laid on this small back deck and the converter and small battery. It generates enough power to run an Echo for music and a laptop. The wireless in the house reaches this far. A perfect place to read and write.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"424\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.learningaloud.com\/curmudgeonspeaks\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/img_1108.jpg?resize=640%2C424\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2635\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.learningaloud.com\/curmudgeonspeaks\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/img_1108-scaled.jpg?resize=1024%2C678&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.learningaloud.com\/curmudgeonspeaks\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/img_1108-scaled.jpg?resize=300%2C199&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.learningaloud.com\/curmudgeonspeaks\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/img_1108-scaled.jpg?resize=768%2C508&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.learningaloud.com\/curmudgeonspeaks\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/img_1108-scaled.jpg?resize=1536%2C1017&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.learningaloud.com\/curmudgeonspeaks\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/img_1108-scaled.jpg?w=1280 1280w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.learningaloud.com\/curmudgeonspeaks\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/img_1108-scaled.jpg?w=1920 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1721\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.learningaloud.com\/curmudgeonspeaks\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/042FE727-729C-43DC-842D-919D2227E6BE-scaled.jpeg?fit=640%2C431&amp;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2637\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.learningaloud.com\/curmudgeonspeaks\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/042FE727-729C-43DC-842D-919D2227E6BE-scaled.jpeg?w=2560&amp;ssl=1 2560w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.learningaloud.com\/curmudgeonspeaks\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/042FE727-729C-43DC-842D-919D2227E6BE-scaled.jpeg?resize=300%2C202&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.learningaloud.com\/curmudgeonspeaks\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/042FE727-729C-43DC-842D-919D2227E6BE-scaled.jpeg?resize=1024%2C689&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.learningaloud.com\/curmudgeonspeaks\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/042FE727-729C-43DC-842D-919D2227E6BE-scaled.jpeg?resize=768%2C516&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.learningaloud.com\/curmudgeonspeaks\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/042FE727-729C-43DC-842D-919D2227E6BE-scaled.jpeg?resize=1536%2C1033&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.learningaloud.com\/curmudgeonspeaks\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/042FE727-729C-43DC-842D-919D2227E6BE-scaled.jpeg?resize=2048%2C1377&amp;ssl=1 2048w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.learningaloud.com\/curmudgeonspeaks\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/042FE727-729C-43DC-842D-919D2227E6BE-scaled.jpeg?w=1280 1280w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.learningaloud.com\/curmudgeonspeaks\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/042FE727-729C-43DC-842D-919D2227E6BE-scaled.jpeg?w=1920 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Social distancing.  [I wonder if this expression will make any sense in a few years.]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When you are limited in where you can go and what you can do, any variety amounts to a small victory. We have this gazebo off our deck that looks cool, but we haven\u2019t used it that much. Mostly we &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.learningaloud.com\/curmudgeonspeaks\/2020\/03\/30\/small-victories\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"activitypub_content_warning":"","activitypub_content_visibility":"","activitypub_max_image_attachments":4,"activitypub_interaction_policy_quote":"anyone","activitypub_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2636","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.learningaloud.com\/curmudgeonspeaks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2636","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.learningaloud.com\/curmudgeonspeaks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.learningaloud.com\/curmudgeonspeaks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.learningaloud.com\/curmudgeonspeaks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.learningaloud.com\/curmudgeonspeaks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2636"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.learningaloud.com\/curmudgeonspeaks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2636\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2639,"href":"https:\/\/www.learningaloud.com\/curmudgeonspeaks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2636\/revisions\/2639"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.learningaloud.com\/curmudgeonspeaks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2636"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.learningaloud.com\/curmudgeonspeaks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2636"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.learningaloud.com\/curmudgeonspeaks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2636"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}