{"id":5373,"date":"2026-07-12T18:45:40","date_gmt":"2026-07-12T22:45:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.graywolfproductions.com\/graywolfproductions\/?p=5373"},"modified":"2026-07-12T18:45:42","modified_gmt":"2026-07-12T22:45:42","slug":"lazy-overcast-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.graywolfproductions.com\/graywolfproductions\/lazy-overcast-day","title":{"rendered":"Lazy Overcast Day"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/www.graywolfproductions.com\/graywolfproductions\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/silver_cloud-1024x640.png\" alt=\"cloudy\" class=\"wp-image-5375\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.graywolfproductions.com\/graywolfproductions\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/silver_cloud-1024x640.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.graywolfproductions.com\/graywolfproductions\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/silver_cloud-300x188.png 300w, https:\/\/www.graywolfproductions.com\/graywolfproductions\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/silver_cloud-150x94.png 150w, https:\/\/www.graywolfproductions.com\/graywolfproductions\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/silver_cloud-768x480.png 768w, https:\/\/www.graywolfproductions.com\/graywolfproductions\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/silver_cloud-1536x960.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.graywolfproductions.com\/graywolfproductions\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/silver_cloud.png 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I&#8217;ve often said I am in need of sunshine because I have a solar powered brain. There&#8217;s very little sun today. Therefore, my brain is not going full speed. It&#8217;s getting things done. Just not a lot of the brain work needed for the book project.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But starting tomorrow, we creep back into another heat wave &#8211; at least it&#8217;s not supposed to hit 100 this time and I am more ready for it [I hope].<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">One thing I have learned this summer is there&#8217;s a reason I left the mid Atlantic the first time and the heat waves will make me leave the mid Atlantic for the second time &#8211; and that thought feels good. It won&#8217;t be immediate, but thinking about moving to a cooler climate will motivate me and keep me happy in my &#8220;looking ahead to a move&#8221; mode.  [By the way, I hate moving, and I&#8217;ve done it a lot!!]  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>But the thought of a cooler clime near cool water will help me during the next hot\/humid\/buggy spell&#8230;.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"574\" src=\"https:\/\/www.graywolfproductions.com\/graywolfproductions\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/serene_lakeside_meditation_800_wht_31066-1024x574.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5377\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.graywolfproductions.com\/graywolfproductions\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/serene_lakeside_meditation_800_wht_31066-1024x574.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.graywolfproductions.com\/graywolfproductions\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/serene_lakeside_meditation_800_wht_31066-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.graywolfproductions.com\/graywolfproductions\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/serene_lakeside_meditation_800_wht_31066-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.graywolfproductions.com\/graywolfproductions\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/serene_lakeside_meditation_800_wht_31066-768x430.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.graywolfproductions.com\/graywolfproductions\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/serene_lakeside_meditation_800_wht_31066.jpg 1456w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\t<div id=\"respond\" class=\"comment-respond has-link-color wp-elements-6e201896b3de0d8d522aa5f216861bff wp-block-post-comments-form has-text-color has-vivid-red-color\">\n\t\t<h3 id=\"reply-title\" class=\"comment-reply-title\">Leave a Reply <small><a rel=\"nofollow\" id=\"cancel-comment-reply-link\" href=\"\/graywolfproductions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5373#respond\" style=\"display:none;\">Cancel reply<\/a><\/small><\/h3><form action=\"https:\/\/www.graywolfproductions.com\/graywolfproductions\/wp-comments-post.php\" method=\"post\" id=\"commentform\" class=\"comment-form\"><p class=\"comment-notes\"><span id=\"email-notes\">Your email address will not be published.<\/span> <span class=\"required-field-message\">Required fields are marked <span class=\"required\">*<\/span><\/span><\/p><p class=\"comment-form-comment\"><label for=\"comment\">Comment <span class=\"required\">*<\/span><\/label> <textarea id=\"comment\" name=\"comment\" cols=\"45\" rows=\"8\" maxlength=\"65525\" required><\/textarea><\/p><p class=\"comment-form-author\"><label for=\"author\">Name <span class=\"required\">*<\/span><\/label> <input id=\"author\" name=\"author\" type=\"text\" value=\"\" size=\"30\" maxlength=\"245\" autocomplete=\"name\" required \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"comment-form-email\"><label for=\"email\">Email <span class=\"required\">*<\/span><\/label> <input id=\"email\" name=\"email\" type=\"email\" value=\"\" size=\"30\" maxlength=\"100\" aria-describedby=\"email-notes\" autocomplete=\"email\" required \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"comment-form-url\"><label for=\"url\">Website<\/label> <input id=\"url\" name=\"url\" type=\"url\" value=\"\" size=\"30\" maxlength=\"200\" autocomplete=\"url\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"form-submit wp-block-button\"><input name=\"submit\" type=\"submit\" id=\"submit\" class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" value=\"Post Comment\" \/> <input type='hidden' name='comment_post_ID' value='5373' id='comment_post_ID' \/>\n<input type='hidden' name='comment_parent' id='comment_parent' value='0' \/>\n<\/p><p style=\"display: none;\"><input type=\"hidden\" id=\"akismet_comment_nonce\" name=\"akismet_comment_nonce\" value=\"d20c92587c\" \/><\/p><p style=\"display: none !important;\" class=\"akismet-fields-container\" data-prefix=\"ak_\"><label>&#916;<textarea name=\"ak_hp_textarea\" cols=\"45\" rows=\"8\" maxlength=\"100\"><\/textarea><\/label><input type=\"hidden\" id=\"ak_js_1\" name=\"ak_js\" value=\"37\"\/><script>\ndocument.getElementById( \"ak_js_1\" ).setAttribute( \"value\", ( new Date() ).getTime() );\n<\/script>\n<\/p><\/form>\t<\/div><!-- #respond -->\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;ve often said I am in need of sunshine because I have a solar powered brain. There&#8217;s very little sun today. Therefore, my brain is not going full speed. It&#8217;s getting things done. Just not a lot of the brain work needed for the book project. But starting tomorrow, we creep back into another heat [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[280,278,75],"tags":[117,130],"class_list":["post-5373","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-happier","category-healthier","category-musings","tag-psychology-2","tag-brain"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.graywolfproductions.com\/graywolfproductions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5373","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.graywolfproductions.com\/graywolfproductions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.graywolfproductions.com\/graywolfproductions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.graywolfproductions.com\/graywolfproductions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.graywolfproductions.com\/graywolfproductions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5373"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.graywolfproductions.com\/graywolfproductions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5373\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5378,"href":"https:\/\/www.graywolfproductions.com\/graywolfproductions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5373\/revisions\/5378"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.graywolfproductions.com\/graywolfproductions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5373"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.graywolfproductions.com\/graywolfproductions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5373"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.graywolfproductions.com\/graywolfproductions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5373"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}