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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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10 Most Recent Blog Comments:

Ned

about 2 hours ago
In response to "Carry You Home"

I definitely felt a folk music vibe and though the couple danced more elegantly, I could imagine a square dance called to this beat.

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tj wanderlust-words-in-motion

about 8 hours ago
In response to "Carry You Home"

I hadn't even stopped to listen or watch the video. Now, after reading this, I'm going to have to take a few minutes. Thanks.

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Beholden

a day ago
In response to "Landscapes"

Thank you, TJ. Kind of you to say.

tj wanderlust-words-in-motion

a day ago
In response to "Landscapes"

Very well written, I could visualize this inhospitable planet as i read your words.

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Ned

Mar 4, 2025 at 4:21pm
In response to "Of Whirlpools"

I was going to blog today, but I never had much luck with Whirlpool. Besides, I always wanted to meet the Maytag Repairman.

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tj wanderlust-words-in-motion

Mar 4, 2025 at 3:35pm
In response to "Of Whirlpools"

Not only dragging us deeper into it, but I see many more people caught in the whirlpools current; both blogging and commenting.

For me, it's a great motivation since I want to blog daily and be more active in commenting.

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Beholden

Mar 3, 2025 at 2:08pm
In response to "The End of the World"

Also true, TJ.

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tj wanderlust-words-in-motion

Mar 3, 2025 at 2:04pm
In response to "The End of the World"

I agree in part. Yes, if we didn't buy their hype, they'd stop publishing it. But also, I believe there are other factors involved in fear-mongering; it makes it easier to control people.

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Nixie 🦊

Mar 3, 2025 at 12:04pm
In response to "The End of the World"

I agree. When we click on a 'candy link' we may believe what we read without researching further to determine accuracy. I've eschewed reading the news, one reason being, just like Chicken Little, 'the sky is always falling.'

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Beholden

Mar 3, 2025 at 9:36am
In response to "The End of the World"

All true, Dave. But the press wouldn't be printing their hysteria if we all stopped buying it. And that, I believe, is what is happening at the moment.

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July 21, 2024 at 6:55am

#1074211

I Do Like a Bit of Obscurity

I Do Like a Bit of Obscurity

Today I have completed my last entry for the fourth year of the Promptly Poetry Challenge. It’s an experimental little thing, my poem, but it also contains a reference that I have been debating whether or not to explain in a Note. After much internal debate, I have decided to write about it here, thereby leaving the interpretation of the poem entirely to the vagaries of fortune and the viewing habits of its readers. Any work of art must stand or fall on its own sooner or later, after all.

The reference is to flat hedgehogs and it originates in a few lines of sheer genius from Mackenzie Crook’s delightful comedy TV series, Detectorists. Rather than write out the exchange, I have embedded the relevant scene below. It may be incomprehensible to Americans, since I believe you don’t have hedgehogs, so I will tell you that a reasonable substitute would be the possum.

All very mysterious but hilarious if you’re a Brit.

Word count: 162

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