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Ten years ago I was writing several blogs on various subjects - F1 motor racing, Music, Classic Cars, Great Romances and, most crushingly, a personal journal that included my thoughts on America, memories of England and Africa, opinion, humour, writing and anything else that occurred. It all became too much (I was attempting to update the journal every day) and I collapsed, exhausted and thoroughly disillusioned in the end. So this blog is indeed a Toe in the Water, a place to document my thoughts in and on WdC but with a determination not to get sucked into the blog whirlpool ever again. Here's hoping.     |
| A Thank You A few days ago I received, through snail mail, a postcard from WdC. It was probably just a part of a mass mailing to all members or had been triggered by some unnoticed milestone on my WdC career, containing a snippet of wisdom suggesting that I create opportunity rather than wait for it. There is a faint chance that this was occasioned by my insistence that I am no longer interested in publication, but I doubt it. The Master and Mistress have better things to do than to concern themselves with my insignificant being, I’m sure. Nevertheless (go on, Northern, tell me I have no business using so obsolete a construction), this postcard has been extremely welcome to me in my present state. This is partly because I have been feeling rather ill and low of late (both of which prevented me from replying in correctly grateful manner until now) and also because it is an actual physical contact with another human being. Whether it was initiated by a machine or not, the fact remains that it has been addressed in a person’s handwriting, thereafter having a real postage stamp affixed to it by glue that may even have been moistened by the application of a lick from a human tongue. What a wonderful thing to receive out of the blue! It takes me back to the days before the internet and email, to a time when the mailman’s daily visit was something to be looked forward to, instead of the cue for the chore of sorting invoices from junk mail. Someone somewhere has taken the time and trouble to write a few words and post this postcard, not to some mysterious householder or occupant, but to me, even adding after my name my WdC handle, beholden (taking the extra care of using the lower case version of the initial letter, as I do). I am humbled by such dedication to the maintenance of a time-honoured tradition in this age of the immediate and fleeting. So this post is in the nature of a thank you, a registration of the gratitude I feel for being noticed for a passing moment at least. It may have been the physical nature of the postcard that elicits this response, rather than any great impression made by the encouragement to “Write on,” but the gratitude is real and heartfelt. The card does indeed reside by my computer now, to be noticed and recalled with affection from time to time. Thank you, WdC. Word count: 418 |
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I've always remembered that episode and thought that was a fun idea.
Quite good is quite a good compliment 
As someone who just reviewed an item in your port, I can't help but wonder, Did I pick an item that you'd throw out? 
