{"id":12507,"date":"2018-04-19T09:05:34","date_gmt":"2018-04-19T08:05:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/archive.richardlittledale.co.uk\/?p=12507"},"modified":"2018-04-24T08:55:50","modified_gmt":"2018-04-24T07:55:50","slug":"home-advice-from-abraod","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/176.32.230.12\/richardlittledale.co.uk\/2018\/04\/19\/home-advice-from-abraod\/","title":{"rendered":"Home advice from abroad"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #333399;\"><strong>Another postcard from the land of grief<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Sometimes shops in holiday resorts would offer postcards with no picture. Instead, the front would contain a checklist of postcard style information which could be deleted as applicable. This might include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Weather is good\/ bad\/ indifferent<\/li>\n<li>Food is too spicy\/ too bland\/ interesting<\/li>\n<li>Hotel is smart\/ shabby\/ comfortable<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Very soon, I shall have been living here in this land of grief for an inconceivable six months. This being so, I am sending a list back to that other place. These are lessons learnt <em>here<\/em> which count so very much <em>there<\/em>.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Never believe that money is worth more than time &#8211; it is a poor trade<\/li>\n<li>There are many conflicting duties, but the primary call on you is love<\/li>\n<li>The things which have the highest value are those which have no price<\/li>\n<li>A beautiful view shared is a view immeasurably enhanced<\/li>\n<li>It is never too soon to say sorry nor too late to swallow your pride<\/li>\n<li>Every conversation has value, no matter how trivial its content<\/li>\n<li>Faith, hope and love endure, to coin a phrase<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div id=\"attachment_12510\" style=\"width: 594px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/archive.richardlittledale.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/CE3E54D8-0289-4520-ADD5-B86668AC4F6A.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-12510\" class=\"size-large wp-image-12510\" src=\"http:\/\/archive.richardlittledale.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/CE3E54D8-0289-4520-ADD5-B86668AC4F6A-1024x969.jpeg\" alt=\"A moment of soggy joy in a sudden rainstorm on the island of Madeira\" width=\"584\" height=\"553\" srcset=\"http:\/\/176.32.230.12\/richardlittledale.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/CE3E54D8-0289-4520-ADD5-B86668AC4F6A-1024x969.jpeg 1024w, http:\/\/176.32.230.12\/richardlittledale.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/CE3E54D8-0289-4520-ADD5-B86668AC4F6A-300x284.jpeg 300w, http:\/\/176.32.230.12\/richardlittledale.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/CE3E54D8-0289-4520-ADD5-B86668AC4F6A-768x727.jpeg 768w, http:\/\/176.32.230.12\/richardlittledale.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/CE3E54D8-0289-4520-ADD5-B86668AC4F6A-317x300.jpeg 317w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-12510\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A moment of soggy joy in a sudden rainstorm on the island of Madeira<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Another postcard from the land of grief Sometimes shops in holiday resorts would offer postcards with no picture. Instead, the front would contain a checklist of postcard style information which could be deleted as applicable. 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