{"id":1192,"date":"2026-01-20T10:07:30","date_gmt":"2026-01-20T15:07:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/flickerinthewater.com\/blog\/?p=1192"},"modified":"2026-01-20T10:07:34","modified_gmt":"2026-01-20T15:07:34","slug":"a-conversation-with-bob-gonzalez","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/flickerinthewater.com\/blog\/a-conversation-with-bob-gonzalez\/","title":{"rendered":"A Conversation with Bob Gonzalez"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/playlist?list=PLwQVGVwkjUecCKsQQ4qps4iW-0tm-pyA-\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Let&#8217;s Have a Renaissance<\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Bob Gonzalez is an outdoor enthusiast and indie author. Born in Northwestern Pennsylvania, he now lives in Florida, where he enjoys wearing shorts and sneakers every day and never worrying about the thermostat. In this episode, we discuss the lessons he\u2019s learned from the ocean and from pre-modern literature, and he reads an excerpt from his first book, A Flicker in the Water.<\/p>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"lyte-wrapper\" style=\"width:640px;max-width:100%;margin:5px;\"><div class=\"lyMe\" id=\"WYL__1RDN_cA1WI\"><div id=\"lyte__1RDN_cA1WI\" data-src=\"https:\/\/flickerinthewater.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-youtube-lyte\/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2F_1RDN_cA1WI%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" class=\"pL\"><div class=\"tC\"><div class=\"tT\"><\/div><\/div><button tabindex=\"0\" class=\"play\"><\/button><div class=\"ctrl\"><div class=\"Lctrl\"><\/div><div class=\"Rctrl\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><noscript><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/_1RDN_cA1WI\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/flickerinthewater.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-youtube-lyte\/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2F_1RDN_cA1WI%2F0.jpg\" alt=\"YouTube video thumbnail\" width=\"640\" height=\"340\" \/><br \/>Watch this video on YouTube<\/a><\/noscript><\/div><\/div><div class=\"lL\" style=\"max-width:100%;width:640px;margin:5px;\"><\/div><figcaption><\/figcaption><\/figure>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Let&#8217;s Have a Renaissance Bob Gonzalez is an outdoor enthusiast and indie author. Born in Northwestern Pennsylvania, he now lives in Florida, where he enjoys wearing shorts and sneakers every [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_price":"","_stock":"","_tribe_ticket_header":"","_tribe_default_ticket_provider":"","_tribe_ticket_capacity":"","_ticket_start_date":"","_ticket_end_date":"","_tribe_ticket_show_description":"","_tribe_ticket_show_not_going":false,"_tribe_ticket_use_global_stock":"","_tribe_ticket_global_stock_level":"","_global_stock_mode":"","_global_stock_cap":"","_tribe_rsvp_for_event":"","_tribe_ticket_going_count":"","_tribe_ticket_not_going_count":"","_tribe_tickets_list":"[]","_tribe_ticket_has_attendee_info_fields":false,"ocean_front_end_style_editor":"no","ocean_post_layout":"","ocean_both_sidebars_style":"","ocean_both_sidebars_content_width":0,"ocean_both_sidebars_sidebars_width":0,"ocean_sidebar":"","ocean_second_sidebar":"","ocean_disable_margins":"enable","ocean_add_body_class":"","ocean_shortcode_before_top_bar":"","ocean_shortcode_after_top_bar":"","ocean_shortcode_before_header":"","ocean_shortcode_after_header":"","ocean_has_shortcode":"","ocean_shortcode_after_title":"","ocean_shortcode_before_footer_widgets":"","ocean_shortcode_after_footer_widgets":"","ocean_shortcode_before_footer_bottom":"","ocean_shortcode_after_footer_bottom":"","ocean_display_top_bar":"default","ocean_display_header":"default","ocean_header_style":"","ocean_center_header_left_menu":"","ocean_custom_header_template":"","ocean_custom_logo":0,"ocean_custom_retina_logo":0,"ocean_custom_logo_max_width":0,"ocean_custom_logo_tablet_max_width":0,"ocean_custom_logo_mobile_max_width":0,"ocean_custom_logo_max_height":0,"ocean_custom_logo_tablet_max_height":0,"ocean_custom_logo_mobile_max_height":0,"ocean_header_custom_menu":"","ocean_menu_typo_font_family":"","ocean_menu_typo_font_subset":"","ocean_menu_typo_font_size":0,"ocean_menu_typo_font_size_tablet":0,"ocean_menu_typo_font_size_mobile":0,"ocean_menu_typo_font_size_unit":"px","ocean_menu_typo_font_weight":"","ocean_menu_typo_font_weight_tablet":"","ocean_menu_typo_font_weight_mobile":"","ocean_menu_typo_transform":"","ocean_menu_typo_transform_tablet":"","ocean_menu_typo_transform_mobile":"","ocean_menu_typo_line_height":0,"ocean_menu_typo_line_height_tablet":0,"ocean_menu_typo_line_height_mobile":0,"ocean_menu_typo_line_height_unit":"","ocean_menu_typo_spacing":0,"ocean_menu_typo_spacing_tablet":0,"ocean_menu_typo_spacing_mobile":0,"ocean_menu_typo_spacing_unit":"","ocean_menu_link_color":"","ocean_menu_link_color_hover":"","ocean_menu_link_color_active":"","ocean_menu_link_background":"","ocean_menu_link_hover_background":"","ocean_menu_link_active_background":"","ocean_menu_social_links_bg":"","ocean_menu_social_hover_links_bg":"","ocean_menu_social_links_color":"","ocean_menu_social_hover_links_color":"","ocean_disable_title":"default","ocean_disable_heading":"default","ocean_post_title":"","ocean_post_subheading":"","ocean_post_title_style":"","ocean_post_title_background_color":"","ocean_post_title_background":0,"ocean_post_title_bg_image_position":"","ocean_post_title_bg_image_attachment":"","ocean_post_title_bg_image_repeat":"","ocean_post_title_bg_image_size":"","ocean_post_title_height":0,"ocean_post_title_bg_overlay":0.5,"ocean_post_title_bg_overlay_color":"","ocean_disable_breadcrumbs":"default","ocean_breadcrumbs_color":"","ocean_breadcrumbs_separator_color":"","ocean_breadcrumbs_links_color":"","ocean_breadcrumbs_links_hover_color":"","ocean_display_footer_widgets":"default","ocean_display_footer_bottom":"default","ocean_custom_footer_template":"","ocean_post_oembed":"","ocean_post_self_hosted_media":"","ocean_post_video_embed":"","ocean_link_format":"","ocean_link_format_target":"self","ocean_quote_format":"","ocean_quote_format_link":"post","ocean_gallery_link_images":"on","ocean_gallery_id":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1192","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-adventure","entry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t<!-- All in One SEO Pro 5.0.1 - aioseo.com -->\n\t<meta name=\"description\" content=\"In this episode, we discuss lessons learned from the ocean and from pre-modern literature, and he reads an excerpt from his first book, A Flicker in the Water.\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"max-image-preview:large\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"author\" content=\"TimothyPaul\"\/>\n\t<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/flickerinthewater.com\/blog\/a-conversation-with-bob-gonzalez\/\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"generator\" content=\"All in One SEO Pro (AIOSEO) 5.0.1\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Flicker in the Water - The Flicker in the Water Blog\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"A Conversation with Bob Gonzalez - Flicker in the Water\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"In this episode, we discuss lessons learned from the ocean and from pre-modern literature, and he reads an excerpt from his first book, A Flicker in the Water.\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/flickerinthewater.com\/blog\/a-conversation-with-bob-gonzalez\/\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/flickerinthewater.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Flicker-Blog_Header_logo.png\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:image:secure_url\" content=\"https:\/\/flickerinthewater.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Flicker-Blog_Header_logo.png\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-01-20T15:07:30+00:00\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-01-20T15:07:34+00:00\" \/>\n\t\t<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n\t\t<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"A Conversation with Bob Gonzalez - Flicker in the Water\" \/>\n\t\t<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"In this episode, we discuss lessons learned from the ocean and from pre-modern literature, and he reads an excerpt from his first book, A Flicker in the Water.\" \/>\n\t\t<meta name=\"twitter:image\" content=\"https:\/\/flickerinthewater.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Flicker-Blog_Header_logo.png\" \/>\n\t\t<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"aioseo-schema\">\n\t\t\t{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"BlogPosting\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/flickerinthewater.com\\\/blog\\\/a-conversation-with-bob-gonzalez\\\/#blogposting\",\"name\":\"A Conversation with Bob Gonzalez - Flicker in the Water\",\"headline\":\"A Conversation with Bob Gonzalez\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/flickerinthewater.com\\\/blog\\\/author\\\/timothypaul\\\/#author\"},\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/flickerinthewater.com\\\/blog\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/flickerinthewater.com\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/06\\\/Flicker-Blog_Header_logo.png\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/flickerinthewater.com\\\/blog\\\/#articleImage\",\"width\":1280,\"height\":325},\"datePublished\":\"2026-01-20T10:07:30-05:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-01-20T10:07:34-05:00\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/flickerinthewater.com\\\/blog\\\/a-conversation-with-bob-gonzalez\\\/#webpage\"},\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/flickerinthewater.com\\\/blog\\\/a-conversation-with-bob-gonzalez\\\/#webpage\"},\"articleSection\":\"Adventure\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/flickerinthewater.com\\\/blog\\\/a-conversation-with-bob-gonzalez\\\/#breadcrumblist\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/flickerinthewater.com\\\/blog#listItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/flickerinthewater.com\\\/blog\",\"nextItem\":{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/flickerinthewater.com\\\/blog\\\/category\\\/adventure\\\/#listItem\",\"name\":\"Adventure\"}},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/flickerinthewater.com\\\/blog\\\/category\\\/adventure\\\/#listItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Adventure\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/flickerinthewater.com\\\/blog\\\/category\\\/adventure\\\/\",\"nextItem\":{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/flickerinthewater.com\\\/blog\\\/a-conversation-with-bob-gonzalez\\\/#listItem\",\"name\":\"A Conversation with Bob Gonzalez\"},\"previousItem\":{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/flickerinthewater.com\\\/blog#listItem\",\"name\":\"Home\"}},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/flickerinthewater.com\\\/blog\\\/a-conversation-with-bob-gonzalez\\\/#listItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"A Conversation with Bob Gonzalez\",\"previousItem\":{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/flickerinthewater.com\\\/blog\\\/category\\\/adventure\\\/#listItem\",\"name\":\"Adventure\"}}]},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/flickerinthewater.com\\\/blog\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Flicker in the Water\",\"description\":\"The Flicker in the Water Blog\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/flickerinthewater.com\\\/blog\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/flickerinthewater.com\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/06\\\/Flicker-Blog_Header_logo.png\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/flickerinthewater.com\\\/blog\\\/a-conversation-with-bob-gonzalez\\\/#organizationLogo\",\"width\":1280,\"height\":325},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/flickerinthewater.com\\\/blog\\\/a-conversation-with-bob-gonzalez\\\/#organizationLogo\"}},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/flickerinthewater.com\\\/blog\\\/author\\\/timothypaul\\\/#author\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/flickerinthewater.com\\\/blog\\\/author\\\/timothypaul\\\/\",\"name\":\"TimothyPaul\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/flickerinthewater.com\\\/blog\\\/a-conversation-with-bob-gonzalez\\\/#authorImage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/5bbda4e8b71bd07c973e593ee2b89e23b3873774ef44cc44998923083da93970?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"width\":96,\"height\":96,\"caption\":\"TimothyPaul\"}},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/flickerinthewater.com\\\/blog\\\/a-conversation-with-bob-gonzalez\\\/#webpage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/flickerinthewater.com\\\/blog\\\/a-conversation-with-bob-gonzalez\\\/\",\"name\":\"A Conversation with Bob Gonzalez - Flicker in the Water\",\"description\":\"In this episode, we discuss lessons learned from the ocean and from pre-modern literature, and he reads an excerpt from his first book, A Flicker in the Water.\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/flickerinthewater.com\\\/blog\\\/#website\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/flickerinthewater.com\\\/blog\\\/a-conversation-with-bob-gonzalez\\\/#breadcrumblist\"},\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/flickerinthewater.com\\\/blog\\\/author\\\/timothypaul\\\/#author\"},\"creator\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/flickerinthewater.com\\\/blog\\\/author\\\/timothypaul\\\/#author\"},\"datePublished\":\"2026-01-20T10:07:30-05:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-01-20T10:07:34-05:00\"},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/flickerinthewater.com\\\/blog\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/flickerinthewater.com\\\/blog\\\/\",\"name\":\"Flicker in the Water\",\"description\":\"The Flicker in the Water Blog\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/flickerinthewater.com\\\/blog\\\/#organization\"}}]}\n\t\t<\/script>\n\t\t<!-- All in One SEO Pro -->\r\n\t\t<title>A Conversation with Bob Gonzalez - Flicker in the Water<\/title>\n\n","aioseo_head_json":{"title":"A Conversation with Bob Gonzalez - Flicker in the Water","description":"In this episode, we discuss lessons learned from the ocean and from pre-modern literature, and he reads an excerpt from his first book, A Flicker in the Water.","canonical_url":"https:\/\/flickerinthewater.com\/blog\/a-conversation-with-bob-gonzalez\/","robots":"max-image-preview:large","keywords":"","webmasterTools":{"miscellaneous":""},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"BlogPosting","@id":"https:\/\/flickerinthewater.com\/blog\/a-conversation-with-bob-gonzalez\/#blogposting","name":"A Conversation with Bob Gonzalez - Flicker in the Water","headline":"A Conversation with Bob Gonzalez","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/flickerinthewater.com\/blog\/author\/timothypaul\/#author"},"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/flickerinthewater.com\/blog\/#organization"},"image":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https:\/\/flickerinthewater.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Flicker-Blog_Header_logo.png","@id":"https:\/\/flickerinthewater.com\/blog\/#articleImage","width":1280,"height":325},"datePublished":"2026-01-20T10:07:30-05:00","dateModified":"2026-01-20T10:07:34-05:00","inLanguage":"en-US","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/flickerinthewater.com\/blog\/a-conversation-with-bob-gonzalez\/#webpage"},"isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/flickerinthewater.com\/blog\/a-conversation-with-bob-gonzalez\/#webpage"},"articleSection":"Adventure"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/flickerinthewater.com\/blog\/a-conversation-with-bob-gonzalez\/#breadcrumblist","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/flickerinthewater.com\/blog#listItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/flickerinthewater.com\/blog","nextItem":{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/flickerinthewater.com\/blog\/category\/adventure\/#listItem","name":"Adventure"}},{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/flickerinthewater.com\/blog\/category\/adventure\/#listItem","position":2,"name":"Adventure","item":"https:\/\/flickerinthewater.com\/blog\/category\/adventure\/","nextItem":{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/flickerinthewater.com\/blog\/a-conversation-with-bob-gonzalez\/#listItem","name":"A Conversation with Bob Gonzalez"},"previousItem":{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/flickerinthewater.com\/blog#listItem","name":"Home"}},{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/flickerinthewater.com\/blog\/a-conversation-with-bob-gonzalez\/#listItem","position":3,"name":"A Conversation with Bob Gonzalez","previousItem":{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/flickerinthewater.com\/blog\/category\/adventure\/#listItem","name":"Adventure"}}]},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/flickerinthewater.com\/blog\/#organization","name":"Flicker in the Water","description":"The Flicker in the Water Blog","url":"https:\/\/flickerinthewater.com\/blog\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https:\/\/flickerinthewater.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Flicker-Blog_Header_logo.png","@id":"https:\/\/flickerinthewater.com\/blog\/a-conversation-with-bob-gonzalez\/#organizationLogo","width":1280,"height":325},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/flickerinthewater.com\/blog\/a-conversation-with-bob-gonzalez\/#organizationLogo"}},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/flickerinthewater.com\/blog\/author\/timothypaul\/#author","url":"https:\/\/flickerinthewater.com\/blog\/author\/timothypaul\/","name":"TimothyPaul","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","@id":"https:\/\/flickerinthewater.com\/blog\/a-conversation-with-bob-gonzalez\/#authorImage","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/5bbda4e8b71bd07c973e593ee2b89e23b3873774ef44cc44998923083da93970?s=96&d=mm&r=g","width":96,"height":96,"caption":"TimothyPaul"}},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/flickerinthewater.com\/blog\/a-conversation-with-bob-gonzalez\/#webpage","url":"https:\/\/flickerinthewater.com\/blog\/a-conversation-with-bob-gonzalez\/","name":"A Conversation with Bob Gonzalez - Flicker in the Water","description":"In this episode, we discuss lessons learned from the ocean and from pre-modern literature, and he reads an excerpt from his first book, A Flicker in the Water.","inLanguage":"en-US","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/flickerinthewater.com\/blog\/#website"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/flickerinthewater.com\/blog\/a-conversation-with-bob-gonzalez\/#breadcrumblist"},"author":{"@id":"https:\/\/flickerinthewater.com\/blog\/author\/timothypaul\/#author"},"creator":{"@id":"https:\/\/flickerinthewater.com\/blog\/author\/timothypaul\/#author"},"datePublished":"2026-01-20T10:07:30-05:00","dateModified":"2026-01-20T10:07:34-05:00"},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/flickerinthewater.com\/blog\/#website","url":"https:\/\/flickerinthewater.com\/blog\/","name":"Flicker in the Water","description":"The Flicker in the Water Blog","inLanguage":"en-US","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/flickerinthewater.com\/blog\/#organization"}}]},"og:locale":"en_US","og:site_name":"Flicker in the Water - The Flicker in the Water Blog","og:type":"article","og:title":"A Conversation with Bob Gonzalez - Flicker in the Water","og:description":"In this episode, we discuss lessons learned from the ocean and from pre-modern literature, and he reads an excerpt from his first book, A Flicker in the Water.","og:url":"https:\/\/flickerinthewater.com\/blog\/a-conversation-with-bob-gonzalez\/","og:image":"https:\/\/flickerinthewater.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Flicker-Blog_Header_logo.png","og:image:secure_url":"https:\/\/flickerinthewater.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Flicker-Blog_Header_logo.png","article:published_time":"2026-01-20T15:07:30+00:00","article:modified_time":"2026-01-20T15:07:34+00:00","twitter:card":"summary_large_image","twitter:title":"A Conversation with Bob Gonzalez - Flicker in the Water","twitter:description":"In this episode, we discuss lessons learned from the ocean and from pre-modern literature, and he reads an excerpt from his first book, A Flicker in the Water.","twitter:image":"https:\/\/flickerinthewater.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Flicker-Blog_Header_logo.png"},"aioseo_meta_data":{"post_id":"1192","title":null,"description":"In this episode, we discuss lessons learned from the ocean and from pre-modern literature, and he reads an excerpt from his first book, A Flicker in the Water.","keywords":null,"keyphrases":{"focus":[],"additional":[]},"primary_term":null,"canonical_url":null,"og_title":null,"og_description":null,"og_object_type":"default","og_image_type":"default","og_image_url":null,"og_image_width":null,"og_image_height":null,"og_image_custom_url":null,"og_image_custom_fields":null,"og_video":"","og_custom_url":null,"og_article_section":null,"og_article_tags":null,"twitter_use_og":false,"twitter_card":"default","twitter_image_type":"default","twitter_image_url":null,"twitter_image_custom_url":null,"twitter_image_custom_fields":null,"twitter_title":null,"twitter_description":null,"schema":{"blockGraphs":[],"customGraphs":[],"default":{"data":{"Article":[],"Course":[],"Dataset":[],"FAQPage":[],"Movie":[],"Person":[],"Product":[],"ProductReview":[],"Car":[],"Recipe":[],"Service":[],"SoftwareApplication":[],"WebPage":[]},"graphName":"BlogPosting","isEnabled":true},"graphs":[]},"schema_type":"default","schema_type_options":null,"pillar_content":false,"robots_default":true,"robots_noindex":false,"robots_noarchive":false,"robots_nosnippet":false,"robots_nofollow":false,"robots_noimageindex":false,"robots_noodp":false,"robots_notranslate":false,"robots_max_snippet":"-1","robots_max_videopreview":"-1","robots_max_imagepreview":"large","priority":null,"frequency":"default","local_seo":null,"seo_analyzer_scan_date":"2026-08-13 17:21:40","breadcrumb_settings":null,"limit_modified_date":false,"open_ai":null,"ai":{"faqs":[],"keyPoints":[],"titles":[],"descriptions":[],"socialPosts":{"email":[],"linkedin":[],"twitter":[],"facebook":[],"instagram":[]}},"created":"2026-01-20 15:03:11","updated":"2026-08-13 17:21:40","focus_keyword":null,"additional_keywords":null,"truseo_locale":null},"aioseo_breadcrumb":"<div class=\"aioseo-breadcrumbs\"><span class=\"aioseo-breadcrumb\">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/flickerinthewater.com\/blog\" title=\"Home\">Home<\/a>\n<\/span><span class=\"aioseo-breadcrumb-separator\">&raquo;<\/span><span class=\"aioseo-breadcrumb\">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/flickerinthewater.com\/blog\/category\/adventure\/\" title=\"Adventure\">Adventure<\/a>\n<\/span><span class=\"aioseo-breadcrumb-separator\">&raquo;<\/span><span class=\"aioseo-breadcrumb\">\n\tA Conversation with Bob Gonzalez\n<\/span><\/div>","aioseo_breadcrumb_json":[{"label":"Home","link":"https:\/\/flickerinthewater.com\/blog"},{"label":"Adventure","link":"https:\/\/flickerinthewater.com\/blog\/category\/adventure\/"},{"label":"A Conversation with Bob Gonzalez","link":"https:\/\/flickerinthewater.com\/blog\/a-conversation-with-bob-gonzalez\/"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/flickerinthewater.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1192","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/flickerinthewater.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/flickerinthewater.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flickerinthewater.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flickerinthewater.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1192"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/flickerinthewater.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1192\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1193,"href":"https:\/\/flickerinthewater.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1192\/revisions\/1193"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/flickerinthewater.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1192"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flickerinthewater.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1192"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flickerinthewater.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1192"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}