{"version":"https://jsonfeed.org/version/1","title":"Micro.blog - Sam Hickman","home_page_url":"https://micro.blog","feed_url":"https://micro.blog/posts/StickFigure","_microblog":{"about":"https://micro.blog/about/api","id":"1683318","username":"StickFigure","bio":"Decades: six; Continents: five; Languages: four; Offspring: three; Nationalities: two; Spouses: one.  \n\nInnumerable pleasures: old music, new tunes; old science, new physics; old architecture, new buildings; old literature, new books; old ingredients, new recipes; old trees, new gardens; old cinema, new storylines.\n\nPriceless treasures: family, privacy, a sense of history and place.  ","pronouns":"he/him","is_following":false,"is_you":false,"following_count":21,"discover_count":0},"author":{"name":"Sam Hickman","url":"https://stickfigure.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://avatars.micro.blog/avatars/2024/47/1683318.jpg"},"items":[{"id":"55185919","content_html":"<p>Word of the Day: Recondite: <a href=\"https://blog.samhickman.org/2025/01/16/word-of-the-day-recondite.html\">blog.samhickman.org</a></p>","summary":"","url":"https://blog.samhickman.org/2025/01/16/word-of-the-day-recondite.html","date_published":"2025-01-16T18:06:28+00:00","author":{"name":"Sam Hickman","url":"https://stickfigure.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2024%2F47%2F1683318.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"StickFigure"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-01-16 18:06","date_timestamp":1737050788,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://mstdn.social/@stickfigure/113839360637963666"]}},{"id":"54884553","content_html":"<p>Today on Juanita Bay, Lake Washington, near Seattle.</p>\n<img src=\"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/1000x/https%3A%2F%2Fstickfigure.micro.blog%2Fuploads%2F2025%2F21f94e2069.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\">\n","summary":"","url":"https://samhickman.org/2025/01/12/today-on-juanita-bay-lake.html","date_published":"2025-01-13T01:29:03+00:00","author":{"name":"Sam Hickman","url":"https://stickfigure.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2024%2F47%2F1683318.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"StickFigure"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-01-13 01:29","date_timestamp":1736731743,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://mstdn.social/@stickfigure/113818451993718265"]}},{"id":"54248267","content_html":"<p>Duisburg, West Germany, February, 1977.  I had to present myself at City Hall to have my passport stamped as a “registered foreigner” during my sojourn as an exchange student.  I then had leave to remain in the city for 2 months until a new stamp was required.</p>\n<div class=\"microblog_collection\">\n<img src=\"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/1000x/https%3A%2F%2Fstickfigure.micro.blog%2Fuploads%2F2025%2F8b47646ee7.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"398\" alt=\"A photo of the city hall at Duisburg, Germany, dated 1977.\" loading=\"lazy\"><img src=\"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/1000x/https%3A%2F%2Fstickfigure.micro.blog%2Fuploads%2F2025%2F6232240e66.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"539\" alt=\"A passport stamp written in German from 1977. \" loading=\"lazy\">\n</div>\n","summary":"","url":"https://samhickman.org/2025/01/04/duisburg-west-germany-february-i.html","date_published":"2025-01-04T22:28:04+00:00","author":{"name":"Sam Hickman","url":"https://stickfigure.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2024%2F47%2F1683318.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"StickFigure"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-01-04 22:28","date_timestamp":1736029684,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://mstdn.social/@stickfigure/113772442990964106"]}},{"id":"54244635","content_html":"<p>Sayulita, Nayarit, Mexico, March, 1989.  Telephone service had not yet arrived; electricity had only been available 15 years or so.  This was a working beach for the local fishermen.  An artist colony was dispersed in the jungle around the town. I had found an antidote to my life in Silicon Valley.</p>\n<img src=\"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/1000x/https%3A%2F%2Fstickfigure.micro.blog%2Fuploads%2F2025%2F8ca056b089.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\">\n","summary":"","url":"https://samhickman.org/2025/01/04/sayulita-nayarit-mexico-march-telephone.html","date_published":"2025-01-04T21:30:25+00:00","author":{"name":"Sam Hickman","url":"https://stickfigure.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2024%2F47%2F1683318.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"StickFigure"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-01-04 21:30","date_timestamp":1736026225,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://mstdn.social/@stickfigure/113772216395175173"]}},{"id":"54184048","content_html":"<p>Eastern Nevada,  USA, November, 2016.  Looking toward the White Pine Range and Duckwater Peak.  I love the wide open sky and the stillness of these desolate places.</p>\n<img src=\"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/1000x/https%3A%2F%2Fstickfigure.micro.blog%2Fuploads%2F2025%2Fc0aa9b4f3c.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"448\" alt=\"A photo of a dirt road disappearing in the distance across a desert\" loading=\"lazy\">\n","summary":"","url":"https://samhickman.org/2025/01/03/eastern-nevada-usa-november-looking.html","date_published":"2025-01-04T06:30:55+00:00","author":{"name":"Sam Hickman","url":"https://stickfigure.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2024%2F47%2F1683318.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"StickFigure"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-01-04 06:30","date_timestamp":1735972255,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://mstdn.social/@stickfigure/113768678197601896"]}},{"id":"54181923","content_html":"<p>Washington DC, March 1983. A friend worked in the White House and slipped me into a special tour.  We had lunch in the WH staff dining room afterward. It was the RR administration at the time; mostly serious people worked there and only a few potential felons (e.g. before the enclownification).</p>\n<div class=\"microblog_collection\">\n<img src=\"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/1000x/https%3A%2F%2Fstickfigure.micro.blog%2Fuploads%2F2025%2Fe712c72438.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"398\" alt=\"A photograph of the US Capitol taken from afar in 1983.\" loading=\"lazy\"><img src=\"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/1000x/https%3A%2F%2Fstickfigure.micro.blog%2Fuploads%2F2025%2Fc2bd3ff7b5.jpg\" width=\"399\" height=\"600\" alt=\"A young man seated at the base of a stone tripod adjacent to the steps on the Lincoln Memorial in Washington DC\" loading=\"lazy\">\n</div>\n","summary":"","url":"https://samhickman.org/2025/01/03/washington-dc-march-a-friend.html","date_published":"2025-01-04T05:54:48+00:00","author":{"name":"Sam Hickman","url":"https://stickfigure.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2024%2F47%2F1683318.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"StickFigure"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-01-04 05:54","date_timestamp":1735970088,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://mstdn.social/@stickfigure/113768536138829961"]}},{"id":"53823736","content_html":"Bulgaria, March 1994.  People’s Opera of Sophia: Lucia di Lammermoor.  I have no words to describe how awful it was.  Missed cues, mumbled phrases, strained voices.  The country was in transition away from the Soviet-dominated past.  The musical arts had clearly suffered all the distortions of that terribl... <a href=\"https://stickfigure.micro.blog/2024/12/31/bulgaria-march-peoples-opera-of.html\">stickfigure.micro.blog</a>","summary":"","url":"https://samhickman.org/2024/12/31/bulgaria-march-peoples-opera-of.html","date_published":"2024-12-31T16:59:50+00:00","author":{"name":"Sam Hickman","url":"https://stickfigure.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2024%2F47%2F1683318.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"StickFigure"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2024-12-31 16:59","date_timestamp":1735664390,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://mstdn.social/@stickfigure/113748503222815071"]}},{"id":"53559130","content_html":"<p>Word of the Day:  Latibulate (v.) - to hide in a corner in an attempt to escape reality.</p>\n<p>Usage:  “This is no time to latibulate!”</p>\n","summary":"","url":"https://samhickman.org/2024/12/28/word-of-the-day-latibulate.html","date_published":"2024-12-29T00:10:33+00:00","author":{"name":"Sam Hickman","url":"https://stickfigure.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2024%2F47%2F1683318.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"StickFigure"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2024-12-29 00:10","date_timestamp":1735431033,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://mstdn.social/@stickfigure/113733208328621615"]}},{"id":"53547347","content_html":"<p><a href=\"https://micro.blog/markstoneman\">@markstoneman</a> Ich bin auch empört!</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/StickFigure/53547347","date_published":"2024-12-28T21:04:48+00:00","author":{"name":"Sam Hickman","url":"https://stickfigure.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2024%2F47%2F1683318.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"StickFigure"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2024-12-28 21:04","date_timestamp":1735419888,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"53532239","content_html":"<p>Ephesus (Efes), Türkiye, March 1994.</p>\n<img src=\"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/1000x/https%3A%2F%2Fstickfigure.micro.blog%2Fuploads%2F2024%2F469dd2cad6.jpg\" width=\"399\" height=\"600\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\">\n","summary":"","url":"https://samhickman.org/2024/12/28/ephesus-efes-trkiye-march.html","date_published":"2024-12-28T17:39:22+00:00","author":{"name":"Sam Hickman","url":"https://stickfigure.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2024%2F47%2F1683318.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"StickFigure"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2024-12-28 17:39","date_timestamp":1735407562,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://mstdn.social/@stickfigure/113731673110266410"]}},{"id":"53487230","content_html":"<p>Rhodes, Greece. March, 1994.</p>\n<img src=\"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/1000x/https%3A%2F%2Fstickfigure.micro.blog%2Fuploads%2F2024%2F36dc24bf5c.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"395\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\">\n","summary":"","url":"https://samhickman.org/2024/12/27/rhodes-greece-march.html","date_published":"2024-12-28T06:10:05+00:00","author":{"name":"Sam Hickman","url":"https://stickfigure.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2024%2F47%2F1683318.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"StickFigure"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2024-12-28 06:10","date_timestamp":1735366205,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://mstdn.social/@stickfigure/113728959919837082"]}},{"id":"53096674","content_html":"<p>San Sebastián, Spain, June 2024</p>\n<img src=\"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/1000x/https%3A%2F%2Fstickfigure.micro.blog%2Fuploads%2F2024%2F5868d3d8fd.jpg\" width=\"450\" height=\"600\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\">\n","summary":"","url":"https://samhickman.org/2024/12/23/san-sebastin-spain-june.html","date_published":"2024-12-23T22:16:50+00:00","author":{"name":"Sam Hickman","url":"https://stickfigure.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2024%2F47%2F1683318.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"StickFigure"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2024-12-23 22:16","date_timestamp":1734992210,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"52978192","content_html":"<p>Sun Lakes, Washington, USA.  June, 2014.</p>\n<img src=\"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/1000x/https%3A%2F%2Fstickfigure.micro.blog%2Fuploads%2F2024%2Fd86e77837e.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\">\n","summary":"","url":"https://samhickman.org/2024/12/22/sun-lakes-washington-usa-june.html","date_published":"2024-12-22T17:37:41+00:00","author":{"name":"Sam Hickman","url":"https://stickfigure.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2024%2F47%2F1683318.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"StickFigure"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2024-12-22 17:37","date_timestamp":1734889061,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://mstdn.social/@stickfigure/113697690470869759"]}},{"id":"52932906","content_html":"<p>Örebro, Sweden.  November 2016.</p>\n<img src=\"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/1000x/https%3A%2F%2Fstickfigure.micro.blog%2Fuploads%2F2024%2Ff305f9fba5.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"473\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\">\n","summary":"","url":"https://samhickman.org/2024/12/21/rebro-sweden-november.html","date_published":"2024-12-22T05:18:42+00:00","author":{"name":"Sam Hickman","url":"https://stickfigure.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2024%2F47%2F1683318.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"StickFigure"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2024-12-22 05:18","date_timestamp":1734844722,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://mstdn.social/@stickfigure/113694784040636631"]}},{"id":"51052126","content_html":"<p>Notre Dame de Paris reopens! <a href=\"https://samhickman.org/2024/12/02/notre-dame-de.html\">samhickman.org</a></p>","summary":"","url":"https://samhickman.org/2024/12/02/notre-dame-de.html","date_published":"2024-12-03T04:28:43+00:00","author":{"name":"Sam Hickman","url":"https://stickfigure.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2024%2F47%2F1683318.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"StickFigure"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2024-12-03 04:28","date_timestamp":1733200123,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://mstdn.social/@stickfigure/113587003469341302"]}},{"id":"50990414","content_html":"<p>Underway right now: solo sailing race around the world, started with 40 boats, now 39, heading for the Cape of Good Hope and next the perils of the Indian Ocean.</p>\n<p><a href=\"https://www.vendeeglobe.org/en\">www.vendeeglobe.org/en</a></p>\n","summary":"","url":"https://samhickman.org/2024/12/02/underway-right-now.html","date_published":"2024-12-02T14:40:09+00:00","author":{"name":"Sam Hickman","url":"https://stickfigure.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2024%2F47%2F1683318.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"StickFigure"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2024-12-02 14:40","date_timestamp":1733150409,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://mstdn.social/@stickfigure/113583745366965408"]}},{"id":"50828806","content_html":"<p>Xi’an, China, 2018.  A midnight tour on foot under light snow.  “It’s late. I’m tired. It’s cold,” wasn’t accepted. George, my colleague from Shanghai, wanted to share the rich history of this ancient Silk Road city.  It was magically quiet.</p>\n<div class=\"microblog_collection\">\n<img src=\"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/1000x/https%3A%2F%2Fstickfigure.micro.blog%2Fuploads%2F2024%2F681a8f4c4a.jpg\" width=\"450\" height=\"600\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\"><img src=\"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/1000x/https%3A%2F%2Fstickfigure.micro.blog%2Fuploads%2F2024%2F18dcb1fa7a.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\"><img src=\"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/1000x/https%3A%2F%2Fstickfigure.micro.blog%2Fuploads%2F2024%2Fb64351018a.jpg\" width=\"450\" height=\"600\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\">\n</div>\n","summary":"","url":"https://samhickman.org/2024/11/30/xian-china-a.html","date_published":"2024-11-30T16:17:06+00:00","author":{"name":"Sam Hickman","url":"https://stickfigure.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2024%2F47%2F1683318.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"StickFigure"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2024-11-30 16:17","date_timestamp":1732983426,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://mstdn.social/@stickfigure/113572802396406837"]}},{"id":"50800152","content_html":"<p>En Route to Los Nevados National Park and the peak of Santa Isabel in the Colombian Andes, 1995.  We rode in the back of “Narco Willy”, a 4WD vehicle of a type favored by traffickers, but with completely bald tires.  <img src=\"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/1000x/https%3A%2F%2Fstickfigure.micro.blog%2Fuploads%2F2024%2F9b76ceb45c.jpg\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\"> My Colombian hosts squeezed everything out of the Willy it was able to give. <img src=\"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/1000x/https%3A%2F%2Fstickfigure.micro.blog%2Fuploads%2F2024%2F7db23f68f2.jpg\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\"></p>\n","summary":"","url":"https://samhickman.org/2024/11/29/en-route-to.html","date_published":"2024-11-30T07:30:29+00:00","author":{"name":"Sam Hickman","url":"https://stickfigure.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2024%2F47%2F1683318.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"StickFigure"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2024-11-30 07:30","date_timestamp":1732951829,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://mstdn.social/@stickfigure/113570731658061937"]}},{"id":"50698805","content_html":"<p>Prague, Thanksgiving 1993.  A lively group of ex-pats and Czech locals got together to share the traditional foods and a postprandial stroll by the river.</p>\n<img src=\"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/1000x/https%3A%2F%2Fstickfigure.micro.blog%2Fuploads%2F2024%2F990517861b.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" alt=\"A stone arch bridge frames a quaint canal scene with historic buildings and a tree in Prague.\" loading=\"lazy\">\n","summary":"","url":"https://samhickman.org/2024/11/28/prague-thanksgiving-a.html","date_published":"2024-11-28T23:53:08+00:00","author":{"name":"Sam Hickman","url":"https://stickfigure.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2024%2F47%2F1683318.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"StickFigure"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2024-11-28 23:53","date_timestamp":1732837988,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://mstdn.social/@stickfigure/113563271178255632"]}},{"id":"50617564","content_html":"<p>Das Goethe-haus: <a href=\"https://samhickman.org/2024/11/27/das-goethehaus.html\">samhickman.org</a></p>","summary":"","url":"https://samhickman.org/2024/11/27/das-goethehaus.html","date_published":"2024-11-28T00:55:30+00:00","author":{"name":"Sam Hickman","url":"https://stickfigure.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2024%2F47%2F1683318.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"StickFigure"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2024-11-28 00:55","date_timestamp":1732755330,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://mstdn.social/@stickfigure/113557853469757109"]}},{"id":"50575531","content_html":"<p>Aswan, Egypt, 1994 <img src=\"https://micro.blog/photos/50/https://stickfigure.micro.blog/uploads/2024/f3409b9705.jpg\" width=\"20\" height=\"20\" class=\"mini_thumbnail\" alt=\"Man seated in a sunny botanical garden in Egypt\"> : <a href=\"https://samhickman.org/2024/11/27/kitcheners-island-aswan.html\">samhickman.org</a></p>","summary":"","url":"https://samhickman.org/2024/11/27/kitcheners-island-aswan.html","date_published":"2024-11-27T15:09:36+00:00","author":{"name":"Sam Hickman","url":"https://stickfigure.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2024%2F47%2F1683318.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"StickFigure"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2024-11-27 15:09","date_timestamp":1732720176,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://mstdn.social/@stickfigure/113555550344676472"]}},{"id":"50541936","content_html":"<p>Kyoto, Japan, 1996 <img src=\"https://micro.blog/photos/50/https://stickfigure.micro.blog/uploads/2024/image.jpg\" width=\"20\" height=\"20\" class=\"mini_thumbnail\" alt=\"A person stands in front of the Kinkaku-ji, the Golden Pavilion, surrounded by lush greenery.\"> : <a href=\"https://samhickman.org/2024/11/26/kyoto.html\">samhickman.org</a></p>","summary":"","url":"https://samhickman.org/2024/11/26/kyoto.html","date_published":"2024-11-27T05:27:18+00:00","author":{"name":"Sam Hickman","url":"https://stickfigure.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2024%2F47%2F1683318.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"StickFigure"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2024-11-27 05:27","date_timestamp":1732685238,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://mstdn.social/@stickfigure/113553261470986558"]}}]}