{"id":18527,"date":"2016-11-06T12:40:12","date_gmt":"2016-11-06T17:40:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/johnesimpson.com\/blog\/?p=18527"},"modified":"2016-11-06T12:40:12","modified_gmt":"2016-11-06T17:40:12","slug":"weekend-music-break-gershwin-for-an-early-november-sunday-afternoon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/johnesimpson.com\/blog\/2016\/11\/weekend-music-break-gershwin-for-an-early-november-sunday-afternoon\/","title":{"rendered":"Weekend Music Break: Gershwin for an Early-November Sunday Afternoon"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thewritetruth.com\/sample_GGershwin.htm\" target=\"_blank\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full\" title=\"Gershwin - signature\/inscription\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/johnesimpson.com\/images\/ggershwin_everygoodwish.jpg?resize=300%2C359&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Gershwin - signature\/inscription\" width=\"300\" height=\"359\" \/><\/a><span class=\"su-dropcap su-dropcap-style-light\" style=\"font-size:2em\">Y<\/span>ou can be forgiven for feeling more than a little stressed out today, especially if you&#8217;re in the US and if (as is true for this post, and its author) today is the first Sunday in November, 2016 &#8212; or for that matter, if you&#8217;re elsewhere and just watching us a bit nervously.<\/p>\n<p>Under the circumstances, without further comment, herewith a bit over an hour&#8217;s worth of easy-going music to accompany your newspaper-reading, blogging, airport-lounge-waiting, or what-have-you&#8230;<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px; padding-right: 30px; font-size: 90%; line-height: 1.25em;\"><em>[Like that little signature\/inscription over there on the right? You might like to see a brief analysis of it from Suzanne Shapiro, a &#8220;court-qualified graphologist whose thirty-five years of experience have led her to some unique cases, from analyzing graffiti for a Los Angeles Charter School to Bernard Madoff&#8217;s signature and most recently, Prince William and Catherine&#8217;s for &#8216;The Daily Beast.'&#8221; Just click on the image to open the analysis in a new window\/tab.]<\/em><\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ou can be forgiven for feeling more than a little stressed out today, especially if you&#8217;re in the US and if (as is true for this post, and its author) today is the first Sunday in November, 2016 &#8212; or for that matter, if you&#8217;re elsewhere and just watching us a bit nervously. 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