{"id":71,"date":"2012-01-17T10:05:52","date_gmt":"2012-01-17T10:05:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/grahamdinton.com\/wp\/?p=71"},"modified":"2012-01-18T22:22:01","modified_gmt":"2012-01-18T22:22:01","slug":"raindrops","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/grahamdinton.com\/wp\/?p=71","title":{"rendered":"Raindrops"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: left\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">Another favourite song:<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/grahamdinton.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/wpid-PastedGraphic-2012-01-17-10-05.tiff\" alt=\"wpid-PastedGraphic-2012-01-17-10-05.tiff\" width=\"150\" height=\"127\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">It <\/span>was a grey day, one of those murky, miserable mornings when you just don\u2019t want to go to work. The heavy clouds raced across the sky and James had to pull his fleece jacket close.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">He turned the corner into Procter Street just as the heavens opened. <\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">\u201cAw, come on you guys. Give me a break will you. I didn\u2019t bring my  waterproofs today.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">James liked to talk to the weather as he rode. It made the journey to work more interesting, crossing Holborn, up Catton Street and along Fisher Street to Red Lion Square. <\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">\u201cTake a break will you rain, while I talk to the sun, just for a moment, please.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">Commuters beside him on the pavement stared at times as he chatted to himself. James didn\u2019t care, he didn\u2019t even notice. He was too absorbed in reprimanding the sun.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">\u201cI don\u2019t like the way you\u2019re behaving, sun. You\u2019re sleeping on the job, you know. That\u2019s getting my head wet. Sort it out.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">He stopped at the lights, pushing his cycle helmet back to wipe his face, as he started whistling.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">\u201cWell, I\u2019m not going to cry about it,\u201d he thought. \u201cI\u2019m not one to get the blues like that. After all, I\u2019m as free as a bird. Nothing to worry about. Complaining\u2019s not going to stop this rain anyway.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">The lights turned to green and he rode off, the rain easing. Perhaps the sun had listened after all.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Another favourite song: It was a grey day, one of those murky, miserable mornings when you just don\u2019t want to go to work. The heavy clouds raced across the sky and James had to pull his fleece jacket close. 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