{"id":1232,"date":"2009-10-22T01:28:00","date_gmt":"2009-10-22T01:28:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=1232"},"modified":"2009-10-22T01:28:00","modified_gmt":"2009-10-22T01:28:00","slug":"gallimaufry-with-snow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=1232","title":{"rendered":"Gallimaufry with Snow"},"content":{"rendered":"

Snow has been falling all day, and I am working on a lengthy book review, so here are some links:<\/p>\n

• Sannion has the best idea for a New Testament zombie novel<\/a>, and everyone wants him to write it. Already, I would not look at the book of Acts the same again ever.<\/p>\n

• Hrafnkell Haraldsson has produced a string of thought-provoking posts, so go read A Heathen’s Day<\/a>.<\/p>\n

• Witchdoctor Joe writes on “Samhainophobia Vs Samhainsensationalism<\/a>.”<\/p>\n

• The photo is part of our outdoor shrine.<\/p>\n

• I have visited England twice but never been to Glastonbury. Still, I keep an eye on its thriving retail scene through this blog.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Snow has been falling all day, and I am working on a lengthy book review, so here are some links: • Sannion has the best idea for a New Testament zombie novel, and everyone wants him to write it. Already, I would not look at the book of Acts the same again ever. • Hrafnkell […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[],"tags":[21,66,5,69,12],"class_list":["post-1232","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","tag-england","tag-halloween","tag-paganism","tag-samhain","tag-writing"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6xQTg-jS","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":124,"url":"https:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=124","url_meta":{"origin":1232,"position":0},"title":"Mis sueñosHaving sent all the\u2026","author":"Chas S. 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