function wpb_rand_posts() { $args = array( 'post_type' => 'post', 'orderby' => 'rand', 'posts_per_page' => 5, ); $the_query = new WP_Query( $args ); if ( $the_query->have_posts() ) { $string .= '

'. get_the_title() .'

'; /* Restore original Post Data */ wp_reset_postdata(); } else { $string .= 'no posts found'; } return $string; } add_shortcode('wpb-random-posts','wpb_rand_posts'); add_filter('widget_text', 'do_shortcode');

Alice Munro can think like a man

“Years will pass before she will reappear in his mind. But when she does he will find that she is a source of happiness, available to him till the day he dies. Sometimes he will even entertain himself with thoughts of what might have happened had he taken up the offer. Secretly, he will imagine a radiant recovery, Nettie’s acquiring a tall and maidenly body, their life together. Such foolish thoughts as a man may have in secret.” –Alice Munro, The View from Castle Rock