{"id":1983,"date":"2025-07-04T17:52:01","date_gmt":"2025-07-04T21:52:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.metasilk.com\/wd\/sketchbook-another-reading-mouse\/"},"modified":"2025-07-04T17:52:01","modified_gmt":"2025-07-04T21:52:01","slug":"sketchbook-another-reading-mouse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.metasilk.com\/wd\/sketchbook-another-reading-mouse\/","title":{"rendered":"Sketchbook \/\/ another reading mouse"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"patreon-campaign-banner\"><div class=\"patreon-locked-content-message\">Are you a Patron already? Log in to see this post. 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More noodling about. It's like revving up an engine, right? Training the brain. Unrusting.Bringing home the gourd; making pie. Mmm, pie.Also, I really like drawing mice. But you knew that.Oh! And Happy (US) Thanksgiving, for those of you that celebrate. May we all have enough\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Art&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Art","link":"https:\/\/www.metasilk.com\/wd\/category\/art\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.metasilk.com\/wpages\/wp-content\/uploads\/1d456d76c7ed4790173a13da62ce4335.jpeg?fit=480%2C640&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":1098,"url":"https:\/\/www.metasilk.com\/wd\/sketchbook-interruption\/","url_meta":{"origin":1983,"position":1},"title":"Sketchbook \/\/ interruption?","author":"Kir","date":"1 November 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"I forgot I drew this! **laugh** I found it when I went to post the next sketch for the Coffee for the Birder tier. 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