{"id":10342,"date":"2020-03-22T09:58:02","date_gmt":"2020-03-22T13:58:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/orionscoldfire.com\/?p=10342"},"modified":"2020-03-22T09:58:02","modified_gmt":"2020-03-22T13:58:02","slug":"22mar2020-ocf-update-locked-down-in-new-england-and-annoyingly-upbeat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/orionscoldfire.com\/index.php\/2020\/03\/22\/22mar2020-ocf-update-locked-down-in-new-england-and-annoyingly-upbeat\/","title":{"rendered":"22MAR2020 \u2013 OCF Update \u2013 Locked Down in New England and Annoyingly Upbeat"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Don\u2019t ask me why but for reasons unknown I am disgustingly cheerful today.\u00a0 It can\u2019t be the temperature because it was 20<sup>\u25e6<\/sup>F this morning and that\u2019s not spring in my book.\u00a0 Maybe it\u2019s the sunshine and the increased daylight hours.\u00a0 But whatever the cause I haven\u2019t got any angst to distribute this morning.\u00a0 What\u2019s a prophet of doom to do?\u00a0 So, 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