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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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Ned

about 12 hours ago
In response to "English"

It sounds lovely in Middle English.

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JACE

a day ago
In response to "Ignition!"

I don't know that I believe in "There's no such thing as coincidence." But there is certainly no shortage of impossible similarities with events and happenings throughout history.

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Amethyst Angel 🌼

a day ago
In response to "Ignition!"

Cool. I remember reading that some time ago and being fairly impressed.

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Ned

a day ago
In response to "Ignition!"

I am unlikey to ever forget the date after that exposure to the sensory connection. So very like synesthesia. Fire can be destructive, but often leads to new development. London's architecture underwent significant and iconic changes as a result of the fire.

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JASmith

Jul 27, 2025 at 7:04am
In response to "Mysteries"

I'm reminded of this comic:

https://web.archive.org/web/20090725104651/http://dilbert.com/strips/comic/1997-... 10-27/

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Fictiøn Ðiva the Wørd Weava

Jul 26, 2025 at 3:56pm
In response to "Mysteries"

Beholden

and Ned

- I love this! Simple, but deep.

Thank you both for Beholden's blog and Ned for your comment.

Beholden, I can't get your Heart button, so I put a Cool button.

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Ned

Jul 26, 2025 at 12:23pm
In response to "Mysteries"

Sometimes someone will find the answer to a mystery and everyone learns that answer but then later, someone else finds a different answer. Then there will be two factions fighting over the answers because some will be financially and emotionally invested in the old answer and others will be similarly invested in the new answer. Mysteries are tricky things but it's the answers that cause all the trouble.

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Ned

Jul 25, 2025 at 6:19am
In response to "Penguins"

Beholden

Mork was from Ork.

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Beholden

Jul 25, 2025 at 5:35am
In response to "Penguins"

Ned

And means something completely different if spelt "Great Orc."

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Ned

Jul 24, 2025 at 8:46pm
In response to "Penguins"

"Great Auk!" Sounds like some colorful expression of disgust from a turn-of-the-century teenager complaining about not being allowed to listen to the current and scandalous songs of the gay nineties.

"He's the man who broke the bank at Monte Carlo"

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June 8, 2025 at 9:16am

#1091040

A Delicious Video

A Delicious Video

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/2xD3hqKlMyk

Good old YouTube threw this brief video at me yesterday. It really was very kind of them (if I may refer to the programmers behind the app rather than the app itself) since the video reveals something about the aristocracy that is little understood these days, something that I am trying to reveal in my short stories about Her Grace. It is what I call being truly civilised.

Below are links to a couple of Her Grace stories. Yes, it’s unashamed self advertisement but hey, sometimes you gotta do it.

STATIC

Twilight of the Gods

(E)
Her Grace and a retainer face an insurrection.
#2316695 by Beholden

STATIC

Her Grace has an Idea

(13+)
Her Grace attacks the finances.
#2321276 by Beholden

Word count: 90

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