{"id":18291,"date":"2021-10-05T17:20:13","date_gmt":"2021-10-05T21:20:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jamiegraymusic.com\/wordpress\/?p=18291"},"modified":"2021-10-05T17:20:38","modified_gmt":"2021-10-05T21:20:38","slug":"autumn-kindling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jamiegraymusic.com\/wordpress\/2021\/10\/autumn-kindling\/","title":{"rendered":"Autumn Kindling"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

I’d like to say I know who I am. I’m pretty sure I’m still finding out.
I’d like to say I know how things really are…that I know a lot about lots of important stuff.
Maybe I used to. The truth is, these days I feel like I know a lot of useless stuff that I’m absolutely sure will someday be important to someone, someplace.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Fall leaves in the yard | Original Photo by Jamie Gray<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

But, I do<\/em> know a lot of things that could be much better, but for some ‘important’ people who are unwilling to change and uninterested in doing anything for anyone but themselves.
I also know that we all can make a difference if we decide not to be indifferent. I try to do my part.
The sun rises and sets, and all that I know seems everyday madness. But it’s bigger than me. It’s bigger than us.
Another day in the gilded age of Internet and impressions. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Every age of glory fades away or goes down in flames. And…It’s just…well, everything about America right now looks a lot like Autumn kindling.
~jg


Authors Note: All opinions expressed here are just that: opinions. If you don’t like mine, I probably won’t like yours either. Let’s just nod, and walk away. Maybe come back with solutions instead of opinions. Because of the two, only solutions actually matter.

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Jamie Gray – Upstate NY Musician, Writer, and Photographer<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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