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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.     |
| Badges Those 7-day ones, in fact. Today we have an addition to the initial four - the one for blogging, either posting or commenting. It comes at a good time for me because itās been a while since I lasted posted in my blog and I need something to motivate me. If the originals are anything to go by, this should get me posting daily. So now I have five badges to go for. And Iāll try, although I do wonder how long I can keep this up. The visiting one is no problem as Iāve always done that anyway. And the forum posting is easy too, thanks to Solace and her daily 8-line poem thing. Newsfeed posts or comments can be a bit of a pain since there are days when nothing springs to mind, and reviews are a hassle but easy once Iāve found the right piece to review. Itās the finding that can take much too long. I can see that thinking up a blog post every day is going to be a strain. There will be days when my post will be pretty short, I know. But itās not really my style and Iāll feel like Iām cheating, no matter how pithy and amusing the short sharp post may be. Hopefully, Iāll try for as many longer posts as I can manage. And then thereās the final slight problem. Recently I managed to get all four badges due on the same day, Sunday. And now this comes along on a Saturday. I could wait a day to post this to the blog or just accept that Iāll have one badge on a different day from the others. And I know me - Iāll post as soon as itās finished. I always do that. But the next time Iām too ill to keep up all the badges, Iāll orchestrate my return so they all happen at the same time. So there. Word count: 321 |
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like Cubby said, everyone's grief is different. I don't want to make any personal suggestions about fond memories or whatever. Take care 
