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Repeating Yourself – Blogging Edition
It’s more than OK, to repeat posts you have made in the past. When you have been blogging as long as I have, some things are worth mentioning again. I have created thousands of posts over the years, and there is no way I can keep up with them all in my head.
Some posts are good to revisit because you have a new idea or things have changed, where an updated post is a good idea. Blogs can be a way to capture what is in your head to share with others. Sharing is fun, right?
The saying “everything old is new again” is oh so true these days. With all the reboots and recycled ideas in culture. We are all different people than we once were. Blogging is supposed to be a living and evolving exercise. Enjoy the process of sharing an old idea in a new way. The most important thing is to Keep On Blogging!
A Note About Blogging
Blogging can be therapeutic and informational. It can be transformative and exciting. There is fun to be had when posting to your blog too. The cool kids are still blogging and some will resume soon.
Keep on blogging, good people.
Daily Prompt – Word Of The Day: Snob
There is a British TV comedy called “Keeping Up Appearances” which is about an eccentric snobbish middle-class woman who seeks to climb the social ladder. Her last name was Bucket but insisted on being called “Bouquet” just because it sounds fancy. She drove her husband, family and friends crazy trying to be better than they were.
I think some people have a little snob in them. They want to have a life of influence and affluence and everything that goes with it. Being satisfied with what they have isn’t enough. Snobs are always seeking the finest of everything and will spend time and treasure to get what they want in life.
Other people just want to make it day-to-day and are happy with the gifts of their real lives. I have made connections with people who are well off, but they were never snobbish. They were kind, and inclusive.
To me, being a snob is not a good look. We are all trying to get by, and perhaps showing grace by helping those in need is what we need more of. Snobs need some compassion because they might find themselves in need one day.
Restore The Blogging Feeling
In doing some blog maintenance, I have discovered there are quite a few people I haven’t seen or heard from in a while. I do miss their presence in the blogosphere and what they have to say.
Now is the time to restore the feeling and create a post or two. Perhaps if we did more long-form blogging, we would understand one another better and share some cool stuff from our world view. So, my friends, let us all fire up WordPress or Tumblr if you will and create some new magic. Keep on blogging, good people.
Supporting Public Media – PBS and NPR
Throughout my life, I have been a huge consumer of public media. I grew up watching my local Public Broadcasting channel, WTCI in Chattanooga, TN. My favorite programs were Sesame Street, Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood, The Electric Company, Zoom, 3.2.1. Contact, The Frugal Gourmet, This Old House, Hometime, old British comedies and more. I learned so much about being a better human being and learning new things through PBS
My wife and I give what we can to WTCI and have the benefit of watching old and new episodes of our favorite shows such as Call The Midwife and others through PBS streaming service. We enjoy watching cooking shows like America’s Test Kitchen, Milk Street, Lidia’s Kitchen, Pati’s Mexican Table and lots of others.
In the past, I have listened to NPR on the way to and from work. Our local station WUTC does a great job of keeping people up to date and enlightened with the music they play. NPR has a lot of great informational programming that is easy to listen to anywhere and everywhere.
This past week, there was an executive order stopping federal funding of PBS and NPR. The reasons given are hokum if you ask me. Public Media has such a small part of the total federal budget. It has enormous benefits to everyone. It’s independent and very helpful to kids learning from a small age.
I hear that some legislators feel there is an anti-American bias, but in all my years of watching, I haven’t seen it. Sure there are programs where the history of America is told which is problematic and those are facts that no one can deny. Ken Burns has done many documentary movies highlighting the best of America. PBS and NPR are about information, illumination and inspiration and promoting knowledge and even empathy.
My friends, support your local Public Media stations. They need our help now more than ever.
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