{"id":1760,"date":"2015-02-15T01:08:00","date_gmt":"2015-02-15T01:08:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mywalkabout.net\/2015\/02\/15\/the-great-divorce"},"modified":"2017-09-16T05:28:47","modified_gmt":"2017-09-16T11:28:47","slug":"the-great-divorce","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mywalkabout.net\/?p=1760","title":{"rendered":"The Great Divorce"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It was a rare impulse buy. I saw tickets for a show called &#8220;The Great Divorce&#8221; by one of my favorite authors, C.S. Lewis.<\/p>\n<p>Yet I hadn&#8217;t heard of this book, or play, or whatever it was.<\/p>\n<p>Nevertheless, I purchased a ticket. One might say I was inspired to do so, perhaps a force from above or beyond told my subconscious this was where I was to be today.<\/p>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><a style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\" href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mywalkabout.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/4bb09-41eipxvepcl.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mywalkabout.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/4bb09-41eipxvepcl.jpg?resize=209%2C320&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"209\" height=\"320\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.39999961853px;\">&#8220;C.S. 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