{"id":1357,"date":"2007-02-21T05:41:16","date_gmt":"2007-02-21T10:41:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/rainmaker\/"},"modified":"2007-02-21T05:41:16","modified_gmt":"2007-02-21T10:41:16","slug":"rainmaker","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/rainmaker","title":{"rendered":"Rainmaker"},"content":{"rendered":"

Sorry for the lack of posts, dear readers. I’ve been busy wrapping up the March issue, which was a doozy. Amy & I are heading out on a mini-vacation to Seattle today for her friends’ wedding. It doesn’t promise to be great weather (I’ve been to Seattle in February once before), but we’ll bring back the best pics we can!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Sorry for the lack of posts, dear readers. I’ve been busy wrapping up the March issue, which was a doozy. Amy & I are heading out on a mini-vacation to Seattle today for her friends’ wedding. It doesn’t promise to be great weather (I’ve been to Seattle in February once before), but we’ll bring back … <\/p>\n

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