Successes
Why Write a Blog?
I'm going to figure this out as I go. I plan to write it something like the many journals of the past, to make an electronic record of things that "pop" in my life. Sometimes I am so amazed by a memory or an idea that just comes to me out of thin air and the only way I can hold on to it is to grab it so I can see it again. So let's just look at that memory, that picture, that experience or insight another time and maybe it will mean something to another reader too.
Mother
She is standing on the beach, the wind blowing her hair in front of her eyes. She is reaching up with her hand, splotches of brown. she moves it away. Her smile reveals jowls and wrinkles and a glistening gold crown on a rear molar.
Thank you Internet!
Today, I'm feeling a little sarcastic. Writing is messy, but chasing the questions you need answers to all day can really fry your brain. It is a wonderfully terrible experience. I couldn't have had so many questions answered or been led down so many rabbit holes in a period of six hours than I have been today. All you have to do is search and you get something. Usually it's a screenful of answers. If you've got speechify, I think you should use it to read this post. Did I subscribe or not, that was so long ago I can't remember?
Finding a Story
I've discovered a new way to create a story. It all starts with unanswered questions about someone from the past. A site like Ancestry or Family Heritage can fill in the blanks. Members of my family have been searching for an uncle for years, actually, our grandfather's uncle. Today I solved the mystery and now I'm ready to write about it. It will now be more detailed. I just need to fill in the blanks. It's just the impetus to get me tap it out on the keyboard, at least the first draft.
August 13, 2024 - Canceling Subscriptions on the Internet is going to be easier.
I am so excited today. Joe Biden has decided to do something important. I'm going to cheer for him if it works. That would take a national frustration away from all of us who have inadvertently signed up for who knows what. Way to go Joe!
