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.
Amethyst Angel 💐 Just an old man's gripe about how things have changed, Amethyst. But sertainly, I'll read your story. Just hope it isn't too long - I'm tired. LOL
tj wanderlust-words-in-motion Yeah, Andrea has a couple of sidekicks like Alexa but I won't have any truck with them. I'd rather type than speak. And, to be honest, Andrea seems to spend more time arguing with them than smoothly setting them to work.
We have Alexa, but none of the gadgets that control household functions. She plays music of our choice, sets alarms and reminders, shopping lists, weather reports, about anything we ask of her. But I wondered if she also spied on us as we talked. I asked her if she did, and her response was a creepy mad-scientist's laugh...
Kåre เลียม Enga Much sympathy with what you say. Me, I live in the midst of modern technology thanks to the tastes of others. And I get along with it okay, with just the occasional gripe. As this post evidences!
My uncle George always seemed to have candy. Thinking about it now, I realize that there was nothing sinister in this - it was really part of his campaign to keep the past alive. The candy he offered was always some weird concoction from a time long forgotten. Like real licorice roots, for instance. Who knew that licorice comes from the roots of a plant? More than that, who would guess that chewing the root like a stick of sugar cane produces the distinctive taste that we know so well?
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