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Toe in the Water

by Beholden

Rated: 13+ · Book · Experience · #2223922

A tentative blog to test the temperature.

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.

Signature for those who are nominated for a Quill Award in 2021

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Ned

Oct 21, 2025 at 7:45am
In response to "Rupert"

My favorite cartoon bear was Yogi Bear who was the gruff philospher of Jellystone Park. Oh and uh, hey hey Boo Boo. He was smarter than the average bear.

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Beholden

Oct 18, 2025 at 1:45pm
In response to "A Pill for Depression"

She keeps me grounded.

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Jayne 🕸️ 🕷️

Oct 18, 2025 at 1:25pm
In response to "A Pill for Depression"

I like her.

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tj says Boris sent me

Oct 18, 2025 at 12:56pm
In response to "A Pill for Depression"

You know you've gone totally doolally when you hide your own socks from yourself.

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Beholden

Oct 18, 2025 at 11:39am
In response to "A Pill for Depression"

Great video - very apt.

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Scary_Soldier_Mike

Oct 18, 2025 at 11:21am
In response to "A Pill for Depression"

As Waltz in the Lonesome October

might observe: tough crowd. While I wish you best of luck with your socks, I'm afraid your use of "Go doolally" keyed this snippet of Disney history: https://www.tiktok.com/@disneyanimation/video/7491746703922433326

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Maid of the Mist Most Macabre

Oct 10, 2025 at 10:22am
In response to "Procrastination"

Now the words of Tomorrow are echoing in my brain.

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Maid of the Mist Most Macabre

Oct 9, 2025 at 10:27am
In response to "Wishes"

Me too! My favourite reads are mysteries followed by comedies.

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Beholden

Oct 8, 2025 at 11:28am
In response to "Wishes"

Amethyst SkellyBones Angel

I wrestled with horror for a few years after joining WdC. It's not really my thing but I figured that horror included disgust, so that's what I aimed for. My real breakthrough came when I gave up and wrote comedy horror instead. It's amazingly easy.

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Beholden

Oct 8, 2025 at 11:24am
In response to "Wishes"

🦉 Owl-oween

The trick is to live in the imagined country. Then, if you need to know something about the place, all you have to do is see for yourself. After all, it's your head that the country inhabits and vice versa.

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June 6, 2021 at 2:56pm

#1011401

Still Blogging for the Bard

Still Blogging for the Bard

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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