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\u201dIt is a good story, although I cannot say it is true. Like most stories there is some truth in it, but the absence of truth doesn\u2019t diminish the story, does it?\u201d (Scott Pearce, The Rider on the Bridge<\/em>)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\u201dIt is a good story, although I cannot say it is true. Like most stories there is some truth in it, but the absence of truth doesn\u2019t diminish the story, does it?\u201d (Scott Pearce, The Rider on the Bridge)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":193664754,"featured_media":424,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1377],"tags":[1372],"class_list":["post-423","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-comic","tag-comic"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oldgriffy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_1607.jpeg?fit=3024%2C1948&ssl=1","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/sgfYCB-423","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":624,"url":"https:\/\/oldgriffy.com\/?p=624","url_meta":{"origin":423,"position":0},"title":"Personal Note on the Following Articles","author":"Old Griffy","date":"April 19, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"NOTE: In October of 2023 I did something crazy and signed up to walk the Camino. 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