{"id":649,"date":"2006-10-09T16:17:00","date_gmt":"2006-10-09T16:17:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/janaremy.com\/?p=649"},"modified":"2006-10-09T16:17:00","modified_gmt":"2006-10-09T16:17:00","slug":"if-you-are-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.janaremy.com\/pilgrimsteps\/2006\/10\/09\/if-you-are-2\/","title":{"rendered":"If you are"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If you are waking up to a grey morning, clouds hanging low and wet like those mornings in China.  If you then brew a pot of jasmine tea to break the fog that is in your head from reading history texts until the wee hours of last night.  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