{"id":87142,"date":"2016-04-05T13:31:09","date_gmt":"2016-04-05T20:31:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/a-brief-post-which-may-be-expanded-upon-tomorrow\/"},"modified":"2016-05-20T18:15:23","modified_gmt":"2016-05-21T01:15:23","slug":"a-brief-post-which-may-be-expanded-upon-tomorrow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/a-brief-post-which-may-be-expanded-upon-tomorrow\/","title":{"rendered":"A Brief Post, Which May Be Expanded Upon Tomorrow\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"wpsdc-drop-cap\">A<\/span>fter a lovely morning in cool, overcast weather, we had an endless afternoon as the Way curved around hill after hill after hill, hiding from us any view of our day&#8217;s destination until we had suddenly arrived.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>In the midst of that endless, depressing afternoon, we met a Friar whose positive impact on my day was immediate. Other impacts, I&#8217;m still assessing. &nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thomryng.com\/camino\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/img_7821.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thomryng.com\/camino\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/img_7821.jpg?w=860\" alt=\"\"><\/a>&nbsp;<br \/>\n<span class=\"wpsdc-drop-cap\">W<\/span>e are staying at the funky but cozy Casa Austria in Los Arcos. Possibly the best shower ever.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>(Originally posted to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/camino\/\">Pilgrims on the Way<\/a>.)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After a lovely morning in cool, overcast weather, we had an endless afternoon as the Way curved around hill after hill after hill, hiding from us any view of our day&#8217;s destination until we had suddenly arrived.&nbsp; In the midst of that endless, depressing afternoon, we met a Friar whose positive impact on my day was immediate. Other impacts, I&#8217;m [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[40],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-87142","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-camino"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1aGBK-mFw","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":false,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":59555,"url":"https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/initial-thoughts-on-the-meseta\/","url_meta":{"origin":87142,"position":0},"title":"Initial Thoughts on the Meseta","author":"Thom","date":"16 April 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"Third Sunday of Easter 14 April 2013 Hot. 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One year ago today, I sent my application\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Camino&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Camino","link":"https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/category\/camino\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/25672569094_d9b47738a1_k.jpg?fit=900%2C1200&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/25672569094_d9b47738a1_k.jpg?fit=900%2C1200&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/25672569094_d9b47738a1_k.jpg?fit=900%2C1200&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/25672569094_d9b47738a1_k.jpg?fit=900%2C1200&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":83935,"url":"https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/one-year-ago-some-kind-of-desolation\/","url_meta":{"origin":87142,"position":4},"title":"One Year Ago: Some Kind of Desolation","author":"Thom","date":"14 April 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"(from my journal) Itero de la Vega Third Sunday of Easter Hot. 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