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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.

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TJ says, "keep on keeping on!"

Feb 9, 2026 at 12:25pm
In response to "Of Grandkids and Stuff"

That's amazing. I just recently heard on the radio about some problems with students entering college who can't read. Yet here is a child who self-taught before entering school.

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Lazy Writer est 4/24/2008

Feb 9, 2026 at 11:52am
In response to "Of Grandkids and Stuff"

That is really good. A child has to be able to read and understand to be able to do anything. It is a wonderful thing to watch a child grow and learn.

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Damon Nomad

Feb 8, 2026 at 9:07pm
In response to "A Personal Note on Writing"

BETTER that than the opposite,you know...hitting send tben realizing tbere is a typo, then another......a different kind of pompous.

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TJ says, "keep on keeping on!"

Feb 7, 2026 at 3:20pm
In response to "Posting an Advertisement"

I'll take two!

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Beholden

Feb 6, 2026 at 2:24pm
In response to "A Personal Note on Writing"

The switch between styles is indeed a useful thing.

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Jayne

Feb 6, 2026 at 2:19pm
In response to "A Personal Note on Writing"

I'll mention here that I do the same—but in the opposite way. I tend to use mostly colloquial syntax, and when people see me switch (for whatever reason), they're often surprised that I'm..."smart" (their words, not mine

), even though I've communicated the same ideas before in different ways. The interpretation of syntax is a interesting thing.

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Jayne

Feb 6, 2026 at 2:11pm
In response to "A Personal Note on Writing"

There is a difference between using language as a weapon of superiority and being well-spoken.

I've seen you use sociolinguistic code-switching and register adaptations before.

You're fine.

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Amethyst Agape Angel ♡

Feb 6, 2026 at 10:52am
In response to "A Personal Note on Writing"

Putting a high value on words, their meanings, purposes and proper places is not a bad thing in and of itself

When combined with a certain attitude, it can be a bit much, but I've never seen you guilty of that

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Ned

Feb 5, 2026 at 12:00pm
In response to "Everything"

In the words of Billy Idol: "Too much is never enough".

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Kåre เลียม Enga

Jan 25, 2026 at 8:31am
In response to "Short Stories"

My creative writing has taken a back seat to photos and videos of my travels.

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November 11, 2021 at 6:14am

#1021381

Pull Tops

At some epic moment in the last few days, this blog passed the milestone of a thousand views. Not only does that surprise me, it also reminds me of a favourite moment in the television series, Detectorists. After a day's expedition detecting for metal in the fields, Lance admits to his detecting friend, Andy, that his haul that day had been nothing but pull tops from soda cans to add to his collection. When Andy asks him why he keeps such trash, Lance replies, "You can sell 'em on eBay. People buy this sh*t."

Here's to the next thousand, oh, blog o' mine.

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