{"id":1263,"date":"2012-03-15T14:50:42","date_gmt":"2012-03-15T21:50:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/everythingisnotblackandwhite.com\/blog\/?p=1263"},"modified":"2012-03-15T14:50:42","modified_gmt":"2012-03-15T21:50:42","slug":"my-real-first-comment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/everythingisnotblackandwhite.com\/blog\/?p=1263","title":{"rendered":"My \u201cReal\u201d First Comment"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I received my first <i>real<\/i> comment on one of my blog posts from Dinah at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.discardia.com\/\" >Discardia<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Yesterday I spent the better part of the day cleaning my studio space because of the moth scare. I decided to clear out the truly unneccesary \u201cpotential\u201d art materials. Throughout the day I kept asking myself, \u201cWhat would Dinah do?\u201d At the end of the day, there was her comment. <\/p>\n<p>Serendipitous.<\/p>\n<p>Uncertainty about my choices faded; I felt validated.<\/p>\n<p>I did have a weak moment, one in which I felt a bit overwhelmed with the task at hand. To calm my mind I typically do one of two things\u2013read or bake. I opted for baking chocolate chocolate-chip cupcakes with chocolate frosting. <\/p>\n<p>Vegan of course. <\/p>\n<p>The recipes are based on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.veganlunchbox.com\/index.html\" >Jennifer McCann\u2019s<\/a> book, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Vegan-Lunch-Box-Animal-Free-Grown-Ups\/dp\/1600940722?ie=UTF8&#038;s=books&#038;qid=1212432458&#038;sr=8-1\" >Vegan Lunch Box<\/a>\u2013<i>Triple Chocolate Cupcakes<\/i> and <i>Chocolate Vegan Buttercream<\/i>.<\/p>\n<p>After a cupcake I went back to my studio refreshed and ready for the task. I needed to stop addressing the cleaning and clearing in a random, willy nilly way. I needed to be methodical. <\/p>\n<p>I started with the first set of shelves where loads of small open containers of bits are stored. Interesting that the boxes of jars that I was keeping for <i>someday<\/i> came in handy.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class='centered' src=\"\/images\/BoxofJarsIMG_3872.jpg\" alt=\"Box of Jars\" \/>  <\/p>\n<p>Yeah, I am pretty sure that I am not going to make snow globes.<\/p>\n<p>And lids will keep out unwanted critters.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class='centered' src=\"\/images\/StuffInJarsIMG_3878.jpg\" alt=\"Stuff in Jars\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Nathanael \u201cBig Baby\u201d and \u201cQueen\u201d Nora appreciated your comments too.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"float-left\" src=\"\/images\/BigBabyWhatsForDinner.jpg\" alt=\"Big Baby\" width=\"225\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"float-left\" src=\"\/images\/QueenNora8.jpg\" alt=\"Nora\" width=\"225\" \/><\/p>\n<p><br class='clear-both' \/><\/p>\n<hr class=\"hrVisible\" \/>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I received my first real comment on one of my blog posts from Dinah at Discardia. Yesterday I spent the better part of the day cleaning my studio space because of the moth scare. I decided to clear out the truly unneccesary \u201cpotential\u201d art materials. Throughout the day I kept asking myself, \u201cWhat would Dinah &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/everythingisnotblackandwhite.com\/blog\/?p=1263\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">My \u201cReal\u201d First Comment<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,23,11,25,5,12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1263","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-art","category-comments-on-comments","category-house-rabbits","category-organization","category-processes","category-veganism"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/everythingisnotblackandwhite.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1263","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/everythingisnotblackandwhite.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/everythingisnotblackandwhite.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/everythingisnotblackandwhite.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/everythingisnotblackandwhite.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1263"}],"version-history":[{"count":46,"href":"https:\/\/everythingisnotblackandwhite.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1263\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1309,"href":"https:\/\/everythingisnotblackandwhite.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1263\/revisions\/1309"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/everythingisnotblackandwhite.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1263"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/everythingisnotblackandwhite.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1263"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/everythingisnotblackandwhite.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1263"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}