{"id":13,"date":"2025-03-22T18:55:18","date_gmt":"2025-03-22T18:55:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/loveisalwaysright.com\/staging\/8060\/blog\/"},"modified":"2025-05-16T17:29:30","modified_gmt":"2025-05-16T17:29:30","slug":"blog","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/loveisalwaysright.com\/staging\/8060\/blog\/","title":{"rendered":"Grokings and Musing"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<main class=\"wp-block-group alignfull is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-3e5f4f53 wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center has-primary-color has-text-color\" style=\"font-size:clamp(2.2rem, 2.2rem + ((1vw - 0.2rem) * 1.946), 4rem);\">What shall we talk about<\/h1>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-query alignfull is-layout-constrained wp-block-query-is-layout-constrained\"><ul class=\"columns-2 wp-block-post-template is-layout-grid wp-container-core-post-template-is-layout-02493678 wp-block-post-template-is-layout-grid\"><li class=\"wp-block-post post-42 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-groking\">\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-cover is-light has-custom-content-position is-position-bottom-center\" style=\"padding-top:70%;padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);min-height:100%;aspect-ratio:unset;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1536\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-block-cover__image-background wp-image-61\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/loveisalwaysright.com\/staging\/8060\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/HPIM0467.jpg?resize=2048%2C1536&#038;ssl=1\" data-object-fit=\"cover\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/loveisalwaysright.com\/staging\/8060\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/HPIM0467.jpg?w=2048&amp;ssl=1 2048w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/loveisalwaysright.com\/staging\/8060\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/HPIM0467.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/loveisalwaysright.com\/staging\/8060\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/HPIM0467.jpg?resize=1024%2C768&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/loveisalwaysright.com\/staging\/8060\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/HPIM0467.jpg?resize=768%2C576&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/loveisalwaysright.com\/staging\/8060\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/HPIM0467.jpg?resize=1536%2C1152&amp;ssl=1 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><span aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-cover__background has-primary-background-color has-background-dim-0 has-background-dim\"><\/span><div class=\"wp-block-cover__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-cover-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-base-background-color has-background is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-cef2c4cb wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"padding-top:var(--wp--custom--xl-spacing);padding-right:var(--wp--custom--xl-spacing);padding-bottom:var(--wp--custom--xl-spacing);padding-left:var(--wp--custom--xl-spacing)\"><h2 style=\"font-style:normal;font-weight:600;line-height:1.3; margin-bottom:0px;\" class=\"has-link-color wp-elements-d0529a2da9433d9d34016e5b12222cce wp-block-post-title has-text-color has-primary-color has-large-font-size\"><a href=\"https:\/\/loveisalwaysright.com\/staging\/8060\/first-one\/\" target=\"_self\" >Why did I do this?<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"has-link-color wp-elements-3b634bf6f24bc2f4a5ec4f26f36c77c8 wp-block-post-excerpt has-text-color has-header-foreground-color has-small-font-size\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\">If you have read the book, you may have seen my author notes. I started writing this many years ago. It has been a long-term project, and yet the summer of 2024 had a profound impact on my mental state as I contemplated the realities of retirement, family, and other matters. This spawned the completion<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__more-text\"><a class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/loveisalwaysright.com\/staging\/8060\/first-one\/\">READ MORE<\/a><\/p><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<\/li><li class=\"wp-block-post post-1 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-groking\">\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-cover is-light has-custom-content-position is-position-bottom-center\" style=\"padding-top:70%;padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);min-height:100%;aspect-ratio:unset;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1536\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-block-cover__image-background wp-image-61\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/loveisalwaysright.com\/staging\/8060\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/HPIM0467.jpg?resize=2048%2C1536&#038;ssl=1\" data-object-fit=\"cover\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/loveisalwaysright.com\/staging\/8060\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/HPIM0467.jpg?w=2048&amp;ssl=1 2048w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/loveisalwaysright.com\/staging\/8060\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/HPIM0467.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/loveisalwaysright.com\/staging\/8060\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/HPIM0467.jpg?resize=1024%2C768&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/loveisalwaysright.com\/staging\/8060\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/HPIM0467.jpg?resize=768%2C576&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/loveisalwaysright.com\/staging\/8060\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/HPIM0467.jpg?resize=1536%2C1152&amp;ssl=1 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><span aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-cover__background has-primary-background-color has-background-dim-0 has-background-dim\"><\/span><div class=\"wp-block-cover__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-cover-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-base-background-color has-background is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-cef2c4cb wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"padding-top:var(--wp--custom--xl-spacing);padding-right:var(--wp--custom--xl-spacing);padding-bottom:var(--wp--custom--xl-spacing);padding-left:var(--wp--custom--xl-spacing)\"><h2 style=\"font-style:normal;font-weight:600;line-height:1.3; margin-bottom:0px;\" class=\"has-link-color wp-elements-d0529a2da9433d9d34016e5b12222cce wp-block-post-title has-text-color has-primary-color has-large-font-size\"><a href=\"https:\/\/loveisalwaysright.com\/staging\/8060\/hello-world\/\" target=\"_self\" >Beginnings<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"has-link-color wp-elements-3b634bf6f24bc2f4a5ec4f26f36c77c8 wp-block-post-excerpt has-text-color has-header-foreground-color has-small-font-size\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\">The book started many years ago. 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