Blogging about books and writing. It’s good to know that the site is coming along and to feel fair to middling pleasure that it doesn’t look a complete disaster. It won’t be right for some time, of course, because there’s still a dozen little things that need attention. But I’m constantly reminded that all of these things are distractions from the real business. I believe it was Robert Frost who said, Talking is a hydrant in the yard and writing is a faucet upstairs in the house. Opening the first takes all the pressure off the second.
On the other hand, immersing oneself in a process like this, setting up a new blog, does lead one to look at other people’s efforts. And the result is a kind of waterfall of new ideas and possibilities that could keep one preoccupied for far too long.
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Mar 24th, 2006 at 12:54 pm
What a great Robert Frost quote.
Mar 24th, 2006 at 12:55 pm
And I know what you mean about the little things. Congrats on getting down to the business in your new bloghome.
Mar 24th, 2006 at 10:26 pm
John I like your new blog layout. I’ve been busy so I haven’t had a chance to check out the site after I reciprocated the link.
Little things and site mechanics usually take up a lot of my time - I’m trying to format my page into a 3 columns but that will have to wait. I don’t want it to get in the way of my reading and writing. Just finished re-reading To Kill A Mockingbird, working on Let Me Know When The Train’s Gone (James Baldwin) and a book by Professor Yoshino of Yale on the hidden assault of out civil rights, called Covering.
Take care.
Mar 27th, 2006 at 4:27 am
John, I like the look of your blog–colors, links to topics, and your blogroll panel. Nice.
Apr 26th, 2006 at 10:45 am
John,
Agree, great new layout!
J