{"id":24239,"date":"2023-05-31T10:44:40","date_gmt":"2023-05-31T16:44:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bxwretlind.com\/blog\/?page_id=24239"},"modified":"2023-06-25T06:14:45","modified_gmt":"2023-06-25T12:14:45","slug":"castles","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/bxwretlind.com\/blog\/castles\/","title":{"rendered":"Castles"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"padding-bottom:20px; padding-top:10px;text-align: center;\" class=\"hupso-share-buttons\"><!-- Hupso Share Buttons - https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/ --><a class=\"hupso_toolbar\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/buttons\/dot.png\" style=\"border:0px; padding-top: 5px; float:left;\" alt=\"Share Button\"\/><\/a><script type=\"text\/javascript\">var hupso_services_t=new Array(\"Twitter\",\"Facebook\",\"Google Plus\",\"Pinterest\",\"Linkedin\",\"Tumblr\",\"StumbleUpon\",\"Digg\",\"Reddit\",\"Email\",\"Print\");var hupso_background_t=\"#EAF4FF\";var hupso_border_t=\"#66CCFF\";var hupso_toolbar_size_t=\"big\";var hupso_image_folder_url = \"\";var hupso_twitter_via=\"bxwretlind\";var hupso_url_t=\"\";var hupso_title_t=\"Castles\";<\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/js\/share_toolbar.js\"><\/script><!-- Hupso Share Buttons --><\/div>\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\"><strong>What Would You Do?<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><a href=\"#reviews\">Select Reviews<\/a><strong> \u25cf <a href=\"#excerpts\">Excerpts<\/a><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide is-stacked-on-mobile is-vertically-aligned-top\" style=\"grid-template-columns:40% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3Ju1Ohn\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/bxwretlind.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Castles_Cover_new_new_FRONT_sm-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Castles\" class=\"wp-image-24240 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bxwretlind.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Castles_Cover_new_new_FRONT_sm-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/bxwretlind.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Castles_Cover_new_new_FRONT_sm-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/bxwretlind.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Castles_Cover_new_new_FRONT_sm-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/bxwretlind.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Castles_Cover_new_new_FRONT_sm-720x1080.jpg 720w, https:\/\/bxwretlind.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Castles_Cover_new_new_FRONT_sm.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 683px) 100vw, 683px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-fe48e5de wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-outline is-style-outline--1\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-white-color has-vivid-cyan-blue-background-color has-text-color has-background wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3Ju1Ohn\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Available Now<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">How far would you go to build a castle in the sky?<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When Maggie was six, she hid from desert storms under the sink where the Comet and Windex were kept. 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