{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"Amber Bird | Blog","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.amberbird.com\/blog","author_name":"amber","author_url":"https:\/\/www.amberbird.com\/blog\/author\/admin\/","title":"Not Ashamed: Reclusive - Amber Bird | Blog","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"tt3zVsVECA\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amberbird.com\/blog\/2015\/07\/12\/not-ashamed-reclusive\/\">Not Ashamed: Reclusive<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/www.amberbird.com\/blog\/2015\/07\/12\/not-ashamed-reclusive\/embed\/#?secret=tt3zVsVECA\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;Not Ashamed: Reclusive&#8221; &#8212; Amber Bird | Blog\" data-secret=\"tt3zVsVECA\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script>\n\/*! This file is auto-generated *\/\n!function(d,l){\"use strict\";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&\"undefined\"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!\/[^a-zA-Z0-9]\/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),c=new RegExp(\"^https?:$\",\"i\"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display=\"none\";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute(\"style\"),\"height\"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):\"link\"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute(\"src\")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener(\"message\",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll(\"iframe.wp-embedded-content\"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute(\"data-secret\"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+=\"#?secret=\"+t,e.setAttribute(\"data-secret\",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:\"ready\",secret:t},\"*\")},!1)))}(window,document);\n\/\/# sourceURL=https:\/\/www.amberbird.com\/blog\/wp-includes\/js\/wp-embed.min.js\n<\/script>\n","description":"If you haven\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t already, please read the introduction post. That will give you context for this page. This one dovetails nicely with last week\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s post on being an introvert. My reclusive nature is similar (there\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s overlap), but it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s not quite the same thing. Last month, I was talking with an older, mothering sort of friend. I said something about being a hermit, and she got a little upset with me. There are a lot of connotations that spring into mind with that word, and none of them, to a casual eye, apply to me. I tried to convince her to let me call myself reclusive, because they\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re pretty much the same thing. She didn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t like that much either for similar reasons. When you see me, I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m not dirty or unkempt. I don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t have twigs in my hair. I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m not afraid of you or gibbering madly. I know how to be polite and hold up my end of a conversation. My home isn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t a little hut in the forest. Etc etc etc. So a lot of people think I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m joking or speaking really hyperbolically when I say I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m reclusive or that I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m an urban hermit. Look at me on stage! Look [&hellip;]","thumbnail_url":"http:\/\/www.amberbird.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/st-anthony-visiting-st-paul-the-hermit-in-the-desert-detail-300x246.jpg"}