{"id":16906,"date":"2022-12-29T11:37:43","date_gmt":"2022-12-29T15:37:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.xorph.com\/jadixon\/?p=16906"},"modified":"2023-01-03T16:15:42","modified_gmt":"2023-01-03T20:15:42","slug":"a-boulder-of-sweetness-a-boulder-of-sorrow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.xorph.com\/jadixon\/archives\/16906","title":{"rendered":"a boulder of sweetness, a boulder of sorrow . . ."},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote><p>\u201cTension between the best things that can happen and the worst things that can happen is where you and I find ourselves every day. That\u2019s where you\u2019ll find Jesus. Over and over again, he\u2019s in that place between sweetness and sorrow \u2014 fruitfulness and barrenness.\u201d<br \/>\n\u2014 Troy Brewer<br \/>\n&nbsp;\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Not too many people in the world receive a miniature collage landscape as a thank-you present for the holidays. I\u2019m so grateful for this year-end commission. What a splendid gift \u2014 from my dear patron and for her recipient, too! Family loss, family gain. Funny how sweetness and sorrow get all blended together at this closing time of year.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.xorph.com\/jadixon\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Dixon_LongLac.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.xorph.com\/jadixon\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Dixon_LongLac.jpg\" title=\"Les Rochers du Long Lac ~ miniature collage landscape by J A Dixon\" width=\"400\" height=\"419\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-16909\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.xorph.com\/jadixon\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Dixon_LongLac.jpg 666w, https:\/\/www.xorph.com\/jadixon\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Dixon_LongLac-300x314.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 88%; line-height: 133%; margin-top: 440px; margin-bottom: 27px; color: gray; padding-left: 30px;\" align=\"left\"><strong><em>Les Rochers du Long Lac<\/em><\/strong><br \/>\ncollage landscape by J A Dixon<br \/>\n6.5 x 6.8125 inches<br \/>\n0:100 site\/studio<br \/>\nprivate collection<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cTension between the best things that can happen and the worst things that can happen is where you and I find ourselves every day. That\u2019s where you\u2019ll find Jesus. Over and over again, he\u2019s in that place between sweetness and sorrow \u2014 fruitfulness and barrenness.\u201d \u2014 Troy Brewer &nbsp; Not too many people in the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,149,119,18,249],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.xorph.com\/jadixon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16906"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.xorph.com\/jadixon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.xorph.com\/jadixon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.xorph.com\/jadixon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.xorph.com\/jadixon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16906"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/www.xorph.com\/jadixon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16906\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17979,"href":"https:\/\/www.xorph.com\/jadixon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16906\/revisions\/17979"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.xorph.com\/jadixon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16906"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.xorph.com\/jadixon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16906"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.xorph.com\/jadixon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16906"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}