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.
Ah, now you're asking, Intuey. The truth is that Paddy McGinty's Ghost started out as a sort of misheard version of the song, Paddy McGinty's Goat. I liked the error and decided it could be the basis of a decent story to meet the requirements on a contest that was running in celebration of Ireland. I started with only a title and a picture prompt to go on and just followed the trail from there.
Like most of the stories I write in that way, I wasn't that impressed with it at first. But I liked it better on reading it much later, so I guess you could say it's about middling in my affections now. "Quite good" would be a good way to describe it.
As my father would say when asked how he knew something, a little bird told me. No, I have no idea where that comes from - it's probably a quote from an obscure movie.
And that is certainly eclectic taste in music. Even more than mine, I think.
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? I hope not. I thought it was quite good.
Since you asked, yes, my music taste are eclectic. How did you know?
That is if liking everything from a bit of hard rock, classic rock to Bette Midler, Cher, Elton John, the Beatles, Seager, Classical, jazz, the blues, etc... is considered eclectic.
No aspersions were intended to be cast at all by this post, least of all on you, Kiya. The thought is not new and is expressed in most religions as the fallen nature of man (to use the Christian way of putting it). It's just that I read the question being asked somewhere yesterday and it sparked that response in me when I asked it of myself. My answer was indeed, "Sorry, I don't have a clue."
It is kind of you to say the post is well articulated and I hope you're right. But as for being a sir, mea non culpa, fortunately.
Twelve months ago I started this blog ( "Blog for the Bard" ) against my natural inclination, but spurred on by curiosity to see how it went. To my surprise, I enjoyed it enough to continue blogging through the year that followed. There may have been occasional lapses into silence for a few days, yet the blog always drew me back, proving to be an ideal place to note random thoughts and odd imaginings.
And now "The Bard's Hall Contest" is having its annual blog month in June again. It strikes me that I should get involved with this again, if only to prove that the contest works in persuading writers to blog and keep doing so.
Which means that this is my first post to count towards the contest and will, hopefully, be followed by at least nine more entries for June. It wasn’t too hard a target last year and should prove quite possible even now. And, best of all, it means all you avid followers of my blog (hi, Ma) get to read my latest annoying thoughts.
Why not join me in blogging for the Bard this June?
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