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Writings in the Sand

by Ned

Rated: 13+ · Book · Entertainment · #2199980

Thoughts destined to be washed away by the tides of life.

I've been studying my cover photo for a while now, and it seems to me that it is more than just a photo of what is there that can be seen, more than just three white rocks stacked on a beach. It contains an important question about the future, about what happens long after the photographer has gone. What will happen to our pile of stones when the tide comes in? Will it topple or has the architect built this structure at a safe distance?

I don't know what will happen to these words that I stack here on the sand. They may prove safely distant, or they may be swallowed up by a rush of self-doubt. They may be here for a season. They may lose their balance and be scattered by the shoreline, or be hidden away under shifting sands. Perhaps someday, the tides of life will reclaim them.

Or maybe that's just a bunch of poetic, romantic nonsense. After all, this is just a blog.

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Beholden

about 19 hours ago
In response to "Read the Menu"

I'd want to know what happens to the presentation in that case. Most books present the reader with a list of item titles to choose from, whereas blogs place the full item on the page. That's their strength, apart from allowing so many more entries. They avoid having to choose between titles - just start reading!

Ned

about 19 hours ago
In response to "Read the Menu"

Beholden

I just changed the book type on the existing book to blog. The only reason I would have to move things would be to consolidate several books' content under one heading. I don't relish the prospect.

Beholden

about 19 hours ago
In response to "Read the Menu"

I changed one book into blog format by copying everything in it to a newly created folder and then deleting the old book. Yes, it's a lot of work but doesn't take quite as long as one might think. Since then, I have avoided the problem by making everything in blog format. It does have the disadvantage that the blog thinks everything you put in it was created on the day you copied everything into it. But this doesn't matter if you're in the habit of dating each item in a note with the word count, etc. {which I am).

At some point, I'm bound to run up against my portfolio limits. Only then will I consider changing the remaining book formats to blogs.

Ned

about 22 hours ago
In response to "Read the Menu"

Jeff

I had some books set to blog just because I liked the ability to have several items on a page and to have comnments as there's the option for interaction. I didn't realize the number of allowed items was different between book types. I still have to figure out how to migrate things to all be in one book...but chances are that it's a lot of work and I am too lazy.

Jeff

a day ago
In response to "Read the Menu"

PROTIP: Some of the book types (like blogs) have entry limits way higher than others. Also, a lot of people forget that static items can house a ton of content... if you need a new book item and have run out of the number of books you can create under your account, try either converting an old book item to a "blog" to hold multiple prior books' worth of content... or create lengthier static items with breaks to indicate where the different chapters/entries of your book item are separated.

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ßlυҽყҽʐ

Jul 20, 2025 at 10:20am
In response to "The Cloistered Life"

Ned

I'm so naive. If my computer camera was hacked, they'd be staring at my open mouth as I can't seem to stay awake these days! hahaha Going to find some tape now ... just in case.

Ned

Jul 20, 2025 at 10:07am
In response to "The Cloistered Life"

ßlυҽყҽʐ

Covering the computer's camera is the first thing I do! I remember in the old days of Yahoo chat that there were always miscreants trying to hijack people's computer cameras and mics.

ßlυҽყҽʐ

Jul 20, 2025 at 9:50am
In response to "The Cloistered Life"

Interesting these little peeks into people's lifestyles. I love the "biggest window I can think of" comment, it's also very deep! I know people who also put tape over the computer's camera, kind of like a curtain over that window.

As usual your poetry is always a pleasure to read.

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Ned

Jul 20, 2025 at 9:30am
In response to "The Cloistered Life"

Sumojo

I like to look out the windows if it's snowing or if there's an interesting storm. Otherwise, sunshine is pretty boring and well, you can't see anything at night. But the peepers can. And as Beholden

said, there's no weather on the internet, but it is the biggest window I can think of. Thanks for the compliment on the poem.

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Sumojo

Jul 20, 2025 at 9:00am
In response to "Things That Bug Me"

We call them pantry moths here in Australia. The larvae are already in the products when you buy them.

July 29, 2025 at 5:17pm

#1094336

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You know, I've been hanging around this place for a few years now, and I thought I had most things figured out by now.

I was wrong.

See, it's time to sign up for round 6 of Promptly Poetry and in order to sign up, I need a book to register as the place my poems will reside. My problem is the same as it was last year - I am allowed only 10 books and I already have that number. I also had some notion that each one could have only 100 entries. Well each round of PPC has 52 entries and I was convinced that I would have to upgrade my membership in order to proceed without deleting things. I don’t have any other place to keep my writing, so that’s not an appealing option. But even if I have enough GPs to upgrade for a few months, there's no way I can keep up with it. It would mean deleting things later, anyway.

But before I did something rash, I went searching for better information on how much each book holds. It took me quite a while before I stumbled upon the "Manage Book” option in the settings menu. I know - I should have started there. I was not thinking straight due to unnecessary worry.

To my surprise, these books are about 15 times larger than I thought they were. They are nowhere near full. And I don’t need to upgrade. Maybe I will someday . If the internet still exists. If I still exist.

But for now, I can just keep stuffing more and more poems and such into the books I already have until they burst at the seams. Maybe that will be my new goal - to actually reach full stuffingness, or umm… full storage capacity.

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