{"id":3537,"date":"2013-03-22T00:00:23","date_gmt":"2013-03-22T05:00:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.walkingwithcake.com\/?p=3537"},"modified":"2013-03-21T12:22:14","modified_gmt":"2013-03-21T17:22:14","slug":"this-and-that-21","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.walkingwithcake.com\/?p=3537","title":{"rendered":"This and That"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_3536\" style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.walkingwithcake.com\/?attachment_id=3536\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3536\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3536\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3536\" alt=\"Walking with Cake: Rhys' new tree\" src=\"http:\/\/www.walkingwithcake.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/Rhys-new-tree.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"960\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.walkingwithcake.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/Rhys-new-tree.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.walkingwithcake.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/Rhys-new-tree-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-3536\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">(We replaced <a href=\"http:\/\/www.walkingwithcake.com\/?p=1319\">Rhys&#8217; tree<\/a> this week, and I think he approves.)<\/p><\/div>\n<p>This week we all went back to our routines after Spring Break, and I can&#8217;t believe Easter is right around the corner!\u00a0 My very own, first-ever blogger\/creative meetup is next week, and I can&#8217;t wait to tell you all about it.\u00a0 Until then, here are a few things that caught my eye this week.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Yesterday I lost a country.&#8221; A moving interview with<a href=\"http:\/\/www.npr.org\/2013\/03\/21\/174773962\/revisiting-iraq-through-the-eyes-of-an-exiled-poet\"> Dunya Mikhail<\/a>, an Iraqi poet living in exile.<\/p>\n<p>Dads make career sacrifices, too.\u00a0 A <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2013\/03\/18\/booming\/he-hasnt-had-it-all-either.html?smid=tw-nytimes\">journalist&#8217;s personal story<\/a> about juggling work and family.<\/p>\n<p>I don&#8217;t know much about video games, but this piece about a <a href=\"http:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/Technology\/young-cancer-patient-lives-character-total-war-rome\/story?id=18773159\">gamer who died of cancer<\/a> is pretty amazing.<\/p>\n<p>And this most definitely falls into the realm of celebrity gossip, but oh well.\u00a0 It seems <a href=\"http:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/blogs\/entertainment\/2013\/03\/mad-men-co-stars-alexis-bledel-vincent-kartheiser-engaged\/\">two &#8220;Mad Men&#8221; characters<\/a> who shared an on-screen dalliance are getting hitched in real life!<\/p>\n<p>This weekend, we&#8217;re replacing the boys&#8217; worn-out shoes and possibly attending an <a href=\"http:\/\/www.artatthedomain.com\/\">art show<\/a>.\u00a0 I hope you have a wonderful weekend, too!<\/p>\n<div class=\"linkwithin_hook\" id=\"https:\/\/www.walkingwithcake.com\/?p=3537\"><\/div><script>\r\n<!-- \/\/LinkWithinCodeStart\r\nvar linkwithin_site_id = 1395755;\r\nvar linkwithin_div_class = \"linkwithin_hook\";\r\n\/\/LinkWithinCodeEnd -->\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script src=\"http:\/\/www.linkwithin.com\/widget.js\"><\/script>\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.linkwithin.com\/\"><img src=\"http:\/\/www.linkwithin.com\/pixel.png\" alt=\"Related Posts Plugin for WordPress, Blogger...\" style=\"border: 0\" \/><\/a><!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This week we all went back to our routines after Spring Break, and I can&#8217;t believe Easter is right around the corner!\u00a0 My very own, first-ever blogger\/creative meetup is next week, and I can&#8217;t wait to tell you all about&#8230;<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><\/p>\n<script>\r\n<!-- \/\/LinkWithinCodeStart\r\nvar linkwithin_site_id = 1395755;\r\nvar linkwithin_div_class = \"linkwithin_hook\";\r\n\/\/LinkWithinCodeEnd -->\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script src=\"http:\/\/www.linkwithin.com\/widget.js\"><\/script>\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.linkwithin.com\/\"><img src=\"http:\/\/www.linkwithin.com\/pixel.png\" alt=\"Related Posts Plugin for WordPress, Blogger...\" style=\"border: 0\" \/><\/a>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[42,29],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v16.1.1 - 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