{"id":2992,"date":"2011-06-22T21:26:17","date_gmt":"2011-06-23T04:26:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/coffeejitters.net\/blog\/?p=2992"},"modified":"2014-09-08T21:47:24","modified_gmt":"2014-09-09T04:47:24","slug":"the-days-are-already-getting-shorter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/coffeejitters.net\/blog\/2011\/06\/22\/the-days-are-already-getting-shorter\/","title":{"rendered":"The days are already getting shorter"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I took this photo at my friend Dee&#8217;s house in Chugiak, Alaska, on Friday night. It was midnight.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/coffeejitters.net\/blog\/2011\/06\/the-days-are-already-getting-shorter\/5861892763_f7b1c98279_z\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-7135\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"7135\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/coffeejitters.net\/blog\/2011\/06\/22\/the-days-are-already-getting-shorter\/5861892763_f7b1c98279_z\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/coffeejitters.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/5861892763_f7b1c98279_z.jpg?fit=640%2C425\" data-orig-size=\"640,425\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"midnight sun\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/coffeejitters.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/5861892763_f7b1c98279_z.jpg?fit=640%2C425\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7135\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/coffeejitters.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/5861892763_f7b1c98279_z.jpg?resize=640%2C425\" alt=\"midnight sun\" width=\"640\" height=\"425\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/coffeejitters.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/5861892763_f7b1c98279_z.jpg?w=640 640w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/coffeejitters.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/5861892763_f7b1c98279_z.jpg?resize=300%2C199 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>You&#8217;d think after all those years growing up in the land of the midnight sun, I&#8217;d be used to this. 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