{"id":26878,"date":"2025-03-13T16:23:17","date_gmt":"2025-03-13T23:23:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cynthiapublishing.com\/hp_wordpress\/?p=26878"},"modified":"2025-03-13T16:23:20","modified_gmt":"2025-03-13T23:23:20","slug":"first-post-thursday-march-13-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cynthiapublishing.com\/hp_wordpress\/2025\/03\/13\/first-post-thursday-march-13-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"First Post: Thursday, March 13, 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/68Z3FE66u4Q?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Late-season storms soaking La-La Land<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Been pretty gray &amp; rainy out here the last two weeks or so; the weekends have been literal &amp; figurative bright spots, but not much tennis going on in this part of the universe. Maybe tomorrow!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>Almost back to better in terms of spinal-stenosis symptoms, which have moderated to just a low-grade chronic state for now. Reaction-times &amp; leg-strength indicators on the improve, though maybe the final step to get to a fast-escaping heavy ball or a dead-duck net-scraper are a little lacking \u2014 there\u2019s a last-ditch desperation that wasn\u2019t there before, before being when we could arrive with plenty of time to spare and formulate an attacking shot; now we are reaching the spot just-in-time to launch a lob back, defense-first. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The serve, which over the last year or so we had just been starting to clock with startling regularity in the 100mph-plus range \u2014 a miracle for a bantamweight, height-challenged AARP person \u2014 still might never get to those velocities again, unless there is some backbone-friendly way to produce a flat, fast first-service without heaving one\u2019s entire body-mass into the ball. Who knows!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"474\" data-attachment-id=\"26879\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/cynthiapublishing.com\/hp_wordpress\/2025\/03\/13\/first-post-thursday-march-13-2025\/thu0313ct2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cynthiapublishing.com\/hp_wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/thu0313CT2.jpg?fit=1532%2C1134&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1532,1134\" 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;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"thu0313CT2\" data-image-description=\"\" 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data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cynthiapublishing.com\/hp_wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/thu0313CT3.jpg?fit=300%2C290&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cynthiapublishing.com\/hp_wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/thu0313CT3.jpg?fit=640%2C618&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cynthiapublishing.com\/hp_wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/thu0313CT3.jpg?resize=640%2C618&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-26880\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cynthiapublishing.com\/hp_wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/thu0313CT3.jpg?w=1528&amp;ssl=1 1528w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cynthiapublishing.com\/hp_wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/thu0313CT3.jpg?resize=300%2C290&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cynthiapublishing.com\/hp_wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/thu0313CT3.jpg?w=1280&amp;ssl=1 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">BestLine Output: 13Mar25 3CT<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"471\" data-attachment-id=\"26881\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/cynthiapublishing.com\/hp_wordpress\/2025\/03\/13\/first-post-thursday-march-13-2025\/thu0313ct4\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cynthiapublishing.com\/hp_wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/thu0313CT4.jpg?fit=1530%2C1126&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1530,1126\" 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;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" 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640px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">BestLine Output: 13Mar25 4CT<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"577\" data-attachment-id=\"26882\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/cynthiapublishing.com\/hp_wordpress\/2025\/03\/13\/first-post-thursday-march-13-2025\/thu0313ct9\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cynthiapublishing.com\/hp_wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/thu0313CT9.jpg?fit=1534%2C1384&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1534,1384\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" 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