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.
I loved this!!! Thank you for sharing it. I clung on to every word. I love dogs, though we don't currently own one due to traveling Southwest each winter. Though many people we see in campgrounds and RV parks, own 1 - 3 dogs! It seems to be a trend right now. But anyway, this was so well-written. Again, thank you.
Ah... Sometimes I wonder why people actually own dogs. It all seems rather complicated and dangerous, something to read and write about but not experience. Thanks for sharing!
JACE May 12, 2025 at 11:30am In response to "Futon"
Thank you for reminding me of my one professional failure. For more than 40 years, I've been a professional woodworker, specializing in kitchen and bath cabinetry, but making anything in wood made to order.
I had always wanted to make a futon--I even bought the hardware for one some 30 years ago. Now I'm retired and no longer have the bulk of my equipment. Oh well.
I love that Shakespeare is lamenting his need to produce plays in order to make a living when he wants to be a poet above all else. I think the same was true of Don Marquis, who had to churn out newspaper columns, and let his friend archy write the "nest of poems" collecting on the floor.
Your link doesn't work for me, or at least it says it is unsafe. Maybe you can use another link to help people find more information.
Oh, to live in the day when journalists were poets!
JACE May 6, 2025 at 12:42pm In response to "Medicine"
In deference to the pill, I believe most meds have a coating on them. Perhaps some pill manufacturer might consider making that coating a candy one, thus putting it on the same level as the M&M.
I’ve been thinking a lot over the last few weeks. Which explains why there have been so few blog updates lately. Although you might think that all that thinking would result in all sorts of blogworthy things to say, the truth is that most of them aren’t worth saying until a conclusion is reached. So I hold fire on that until I can see the whites of your eyes.
In the meantime, here’s a little thought I had several years ago. You might remember the ad.
Sometimes people say things I don't think they mean. Just watched an advert for a well known brand of beer by the most interesting man in the world. At the end of the ad he lifts a beer bottle so we can see the label and advises us to "stay thirsty, my friends." I'm sorry, but to me this means I should bear the thirst because this beer is really horrible.
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