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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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10 Most Recent Blog Comments:

Beholden

53 minutes ago
In response to "On Being First"

I guess we all have different experiences. And I make crackpot theories around mine.

Amethyst Angel 💐

55 minutes ago
In response to "On Being First"

Meh, I don't know about that. I could tell tales of my three renegade half sisters I never met, or my mom's firstborn older sister who was a spoiled, temperamental fool, or... But that would be too personal. One has to be careful not to show primitive favoritism to the firstborn. Nuff said.

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ruwth

about an hour ago
In response to "On Being First"

My parent's would disagree...

The rest of the story: I was their firstborn...

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tj wanderlust-words-in-motion

about 16 hours ago
In response to "Spectrum"

Yes, I do believe it would be.

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Kåre เลียม Enga

Apr 20, 2025 at 9:01pm
In response to "Incidental Resolution"

It's good to have you back. Beware of carpal tunnel syndrome as you entertain us.

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ßlυҽყҽʐ 🤍

Apr 20, 2025 at 8:24pm
In response to "A Weather Post!"

Yep ... same here. Not much rain, but the wind is horrible, bringing chill with it and the ground is already drying out before summer has a chance to.

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Ned

Apr 20, 2025 at 4:39pm
In response to "A Weather Post!"

Snow last week, 80 degrees this week and I found two mosquitoes in the house already BEFORE any windows have been opened. There are more bugs in summer, but they are more startling to run across when it's ony April.

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Beholden

Apr 20, 2025 at 12:08pm
In response to "A Weather Post!"

Ah, all is revealed.

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tj wanderlust-words-in-motion

Apr 20, 2025 at 12:06pm
In response to "A Weather Post!"

It's the same here, my friend. First is the tug-of-war between spring and winter, but soon it will be a tug-of-war between summer and spring. That's why it's called spring; it bounces back and forth.

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SandraLynn

Apr 20, 2025 at 10:52am
In response to "A Weather Post!"

Too true. Spring needs to grow a backbone and assert itself.

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April 19, 2025 at 11:05am

#1087553

Incidental Resolution

Incidental Resolution

I am free. The last of my medical appointments for several months has been accomplished and time stretches before me into the distant (and therefore ignorable) future. At last I can say that the weight of the medical profession is lifted from my shoulders as much as it ever will be now.

In celebration of my regained freedom, I have promised myself that I will give more attention to WdC than has been possible over the last few weeks. Consider yourself warned, oh gracious readers and colleagues!

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