{"id":2891,"date":"2015-11-20T09:23:20","date_gmt":"2015-11-20T09:23:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/banthewasp.com\/?p=2891"},"modified":"2015-11-20T09:23:20","modified_gmt":"2015-11-20T09:23:20","slug":"meditation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/banthewasp.com\/?p=2891","title":{"rendered":"Meditation"},"content":{"rendered":"

I suppose I should really be putting something in here about recent events, but the fact that my – our – dad was not of the social media generation makes me reluctant.\u00a0 I never really tried to explain Facebook to him and I think he would probably have been faintly horrified at the wannabe celebrity mentality which has engulfed it. \u00a0 I don’t dismiss the huge sense of comfort and\u00a0 companionship derived by many from it in a virtual fashion, and indeed it has shown itself to be a force for good in very many ways, especially as a community noticeboard. \u00a0 But dad was, and I am going to use one of his favourite words here, someone who would cavil at the very thought of making so much personal detail so very public.\u00a0 Anyway, I can do little better than add the quote from William Shakespeare, used to telling effect in the eulogy and suggested by his great friend David.<\/p>\n

His life was gentle, and the elements<\/em><\/div>\n
So mixed in him that Nature might stand up<\/em><\/div>\n
And say to all the world, \u201cThis was a man.”<\/em><\/div>\n
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Julius Caesar,\u00a0 Act V scene v.<\/div>\n
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\"Laughing<\/a>
Laughing about something<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n

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\"Royal<\/a>
Royal Navy World War Two<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Mum<\/a>
Mum and Dad, wedding day<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Graduation<\/a>
Graduation from Glasgow University<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I suppose I should really be putting something in here about recent events, but the fact that my – our – dad was not of the social media generation makes me reluctant.\u00a0 I never really tried to explain Facebook to him and I think he would probably have been faintly horrified at the wannabe celebrity […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29,13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2891","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-family","category-kirsty"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/banthewasp.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2891","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/banthewasp.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/banthewasp.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/banthewasp.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/banthewasp.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2891"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/banthewasp.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2891\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/banthewasp.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2891"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/banthewasp.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2891"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/banthewasp.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2891"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}