{"id":35,"date":"2015-08-25T18:36:33","date_gmt":"2015-08-25T18:36:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/farfairhaven.com\/?page_id=35"},"modified":"2015-08-27T04:23:29","modified_gmt":"2015-08-27T04:23:29","slug":"the-first-note","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/farfairhaven.com\/?page_id=35","title":{"rendered":"The First Note"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><a href=\"http:\/\/farfairhaven.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/cello_instrument.png\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-28 size-thumbnail\" src=\"http:\/\/farfairhaven.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/cello_instrument-150x150.png\" alt=\"cello_instrument\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a>Back in 1991, I attended a chamber music concert with a friend. Part of a series sponsored by the Illinois Philharmonic, this particular performance included members of the string section. Seated behind the cello was a smaller woman, who made the instrument look even bigger than usual. My thought process went something like this. \u201cThat looks like a giant violin\u2026 what if it was a giant\u2019s violin\u2026?\u201d<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div>For years, that idea bounced around in the back of my head, percolating, brewing, taking shape and form, but never fully materializing. Then, about six months ago, a friend was telling me about the popularity of children\u2019s books on kickstarter, and I started thinking about this idea, and others like it. So, inspired by my own firstborn, now a toddler, I set to work writing my first three drafts in a few days, and then illustrating the first book, the one that I had thought about the longest. So check it out and let me know what you think. There\u2019s plenty more where this one came from, a whole symphony of stories waiting to be told.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Back in 1991, I attended a chamber music concert with a friend. Part of a series sponsored by the Illinois Philharmonic, this particular performance included members of the string section. Seated behind the cello was a smaller woman, who made the instrument look even bigger than usual. My thought process \u2026 <a class=\"continue-reading-link\" href=\"http:\/\/farfairhaven.com\/?page_id=35\"> Continue reading<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/farfairhaven.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/35"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/farfairhaven.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/farfairhaven.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/farfairhaven.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/farfairhaven.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=35"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"http:\/\/farfairhaven.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/35\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":92,"href":"http:\/\/farfairhaven.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/35\/revisions\/92"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/farfairhaven.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=35"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}