{"id":3189,"date":"2023-03-02T14:34:09","date_gmt":"2023-03-02T14:34:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/?p=3189"},"modified":"2023-03-02T14:34:18","modified_gmt":"2023-03-02T14:34:18","slug":"march-2nd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/march-2nd\/","title":{"rendered":"March 2nd"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"669\" src=\"https:\/\/www.chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/2023-03-01-16.51.57-1024x669.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3192\" srcset=\"https:\/\/chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/2023-03-01-16.51.57-1024x669.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/2023-03-01-16.51.57-300x196.jpg 300w, https:\/\/chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/2023-03-01-16.51.57-768x501.jpg 768w, https:\/\/chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/2023-03-01-16.51.57-1536x1003.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/2023-03-01-16.51.57-2048x1337.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">My  mother Jean Flude, with her adopted dad Percy Engal.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>March always comes upon me in a shock.  It still feels like Christmas has just finished but the new year is rushing towards us.  I have to get those seeds into those pots on the windowsills, and tidy the garden.  The novel has to start the rounds of the agents and publishers, and my dad&#8217;s autobiography needs finishing off, with a final edit and more picture research.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For a 17th Century view of what March means please follow this link to last year;s MArch 2nd post which I am republishing:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-wp-embed is-provider-and-did-those-feet wp-block-embed-and-did-those-feet\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"5WR4bPfk9j\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/march-2nd-kalendar-of-shepherds\/\">Roman Weeks &amp; the Calendar of Shepherd&#8217;s March 2nd<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px);\" title=\"&#8220;Roman Weeks &amp; the Calendar of Shepherd&#8217;s March 2nd&#8221; &#8212; And Did Those Feet\" src=\"https:\/\/www.chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/march-2nd-kalendar-of-shepherds\/embed\/#?secret=OaeORjAjE3#?secret=5WR4bPfk9j\" data-secret=\"5WR4bPfk9j\" width=\"525\" height=\"296\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>March always comes upon me in a shock. 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