{"id":6925,"date":"2014-09-26T00:00:50","date_gmt":"2014-09-26T05:00:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.walkingwithcake.com\/?p=6925"},"modified":"2014-09-25T21:37:22","modified_gmt":"2014-09-26T02:37:22","slug":"this-and-that-96","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.walkingwithcake.com\/?p=6925","title":{"rendered":"This and That"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_6924\" style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.walkingwithcake.com\/?attachment_id=6924\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-6924\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6924\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-6924 size-full\" title=\"Walking with Cake: Fall Flowers\" src=\"http:\/\/www.walkingwithcake.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/Fall-Flowers.jpg\" alt=\"Walking with Cake: Fall Flowers\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.walkingwithcake.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/Fall-Flowers.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.walkingwithcake.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/Fall-Flowers-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-6924\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">(More fall flowers. I&#8217;m so glad the weather is slowly changing.)<\/p><\/div>\n<p>This week felt really busy and fast-paced. I started my Alt for Everyone sessions last night and am enjoying them so much. I&#8217;ve also been trying to do more writing during the day when the boys are at school, but it doesn&#8217;t always work out. Still, it&#8217;s progress. Here are a few things that caught my attention this week.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.buzzfeed.com\/katiejmbaker\/why-did-charity-johnson-pretend-to-be-a-teenager-for-20-year#1ldsv6y\">The interesting story of a young girl who didn&#8217;t want to grow up<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/culture\/2014\/sep\/20\/lena-dunham-work-out-death-thing-extract#\">An excerpt<\/a> from Lena Dunham&#8217;s new book, which is out next week!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2014\/09\/18\/sports\/football\/women-disillusioned-by-nfl.html?smid=tw-nytimes&amp;_r=0\">Women&#8217;s views on the NFL controversy.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/society\/2014\/sep\/21\/linda-tirado-poverty-hand-to-mouth-extract\">A truly honest account of poverty<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Just in case you missed it, here&#8217;s the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.unwomen.org\/en\/news\/stories\/2014\/9\/emma-watson-gender-equality-is-your-issue-too\">text of Emma Watson&#8217;s recent speech at the United Nations<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/uk-news\/2014\/sep\/24\/duchess-of-devonshire-dies-mitford-sister?utm_content=buffera1c4a&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_source=twitter.com&amp;utm_campaign=buffer\">The last surviving Mitford sister passed away this week<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/music\/2014\/sep\/24\/-sp-stevie-nicks-self-portrait-gallery\">Beautiful self-portraits of Stevie Nicks.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>And a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/1617753785\">tongue-in-cheek book<\/a> that parents will understand.<\/p>\n<p>Have a wonderful weekend!<\/p>\n<div class=\"linkwithin_hook\" id=\"https:\/\/www.walkingwithcake.com\/?p=6925\"><\/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 felt really busy and fast-paced. 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