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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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Polaran

about 3 hours ago
In response to "Lofty Observations"

As someone who’s done more time in hospital beds than I’d like to admit, I can confirm—hospital ceilings are truly the unsung canvas of human imagination. Beholden, may your creativity paint masterpieces up there… preferably before the meds kick in and everything starts looking like abstract art. Stay strong and keep imagining!

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tj wanderlust-words-in-motion

about 7 hours ago
In response to "Lofty Observations"

I have been there. I even told my doctor they needed ceiling murals so I'd have something to look at and distract me as I lie helpless, my fate in the hands of the nurses.

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Beholden

about 10 hours ago
In response to "Lofty Observations"

I agree, absolutely.

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Nixie 🦊

about 11 hours ago
In response to "Lofty Observations"

Kidding aside, being trundled along on a gurney, with no authority over my own body makes me feel vulnerable.

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Ned

about 11 hours ago
In response to "Lofty Observations"

I remember that counting ceiling tiles was an activity I engaged in to pass the time in the dentist's chair when I was a kid. it helped distract from the procedure and my dentist's menacing chairside manner.

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tj wanderlust-words-in-motion

a day ago
In response to "A Slight Advance"

Doing reviews is difficult, at least if it's going to be a quality review. Give it some time and don't forget the main reason your here, to enjoy.

I think I speak for the majority when I say, "It's good to have you back!"

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Nixie 🦊

a day ago
In response to "A Slight Advance"

Your muse is still by your side. Even though what you've written was perhaps small, it counts as something.

On reviewing: I also think of reviewing as a way to support the website. If I can't think of how to begin a review, or imagine what I might say, I simply start writing and then it all flows.

As others have said, there's no need to push yourself. Settle back and let us entertain you.

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dogpack saving 4premium+

a day ago
In response to "A Slight Advance"

When you can, do, and when you need "you" time take time for yourself. You know best how to do you and do what you need.

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Quilli ☕

a day ago
In response to "A Slight Advance"

Your healing is far more critical than the number of reviews you get written, at the moment. Don't be so hard on yourself.

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JASmith

a day ago
In response to "A Slight Advance"

Reviews are the most difficult for me as well.

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April 1, 2025 at 7:11am

#1086329

A Slight Advance

A Slight Advance

Whether or not the muse has departed, it seems that I am still able to scribble a few words down in an endeavour to rejoin the flow of WdC. I wrote something for Solace’s three daily exercises yesterday and I’ve done the same today. Plus a little something for Promptly as well. They’re small and inconsequential but at least reassure me that I can still shout abuse from the sidelines.

It’s the reviews that remain a fearsome obstacle. I don’t care about the badges anymore so that’s not the problem. The sacred duty to pay back the debt to WdC is what matters and reviews are the best way to do that. In time, I’ll be able to return to the field, hopefully.

Word count: 123

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