I am not usually indecisive but anyone can change their minds, which with some sense of apology is what I propose to do. It used to be that I wanted to keep my pictures of Key West separate from my thoughts about the world around me so I started up a separate blog which I called Conchscooter's Common Sense. I wanted a space to record my thoughts in a more personal way than the record of photographs I was laying down at Key West Diary. After a while it seemed silly to me to be flipping back and forth and I figured if I kept the pictures clearly separated from the essays with lots of words people could read what they wanted. Instead it seems that an essay is like a car wreck and hard as one tries the ability to look away is overcome by the desire to...keep reading. So lately by way of an experiment I have been transferring some of my other writings to the other blog and as of today I think I shall move forward here with just the pictures. My thoughts and feelings about local or national politics and the slide into the Great Depression that seems ready to engulf us, that I will keep separate "over there." Given the passage of time I may change my mind again.
http://conchscooterscommonsense.blogspot.com/
7 comments:
Mr Conchscooter:
I even (just) noticed that your mission statement has changed
my fingers will get tired of clicking back and forth, and back and forth, and back and forth, and back and forth, and back and forth, and forth and back, and forth and forth . . .
bob
bobskoot: wet coast scootin
I'm sticking with your photo blog, though I will miss your periodic off topic ramblings.
Now you make me feel bad. I just figured that for most people the pretty pictures are what they come here for and my world view isn't really the point.
I do come for the pretty pictures and your narration of life in Key West, but your occasional opinion pieces fit right in. The blog provides me with context that allows your opinion pieces to make more sense i.e. I feel as if I know where you're coming from. I also ignore them if I'm not in the mood.
I can see the other side. Your leftist tendencies probably raise the blood pressure of more than a few of your readers, but those folks need to relax.
I must confess that I can laugh while watching The Daily Show and while listening to Rush Limbaugh, so I may not be representative reader.
Maybe I'll bring them back but I will keep writing them on my other blog. You are representative of hundreds of people who show up and look at my pictures. each for a reason I guess though who they are and what it might be i have no idea...
Another option would be to provide a headline with a link to each article in your other blog in between your photo essays - - easy to ignore or to get to.
That is a very good idea. I shall adopt it immediately. Thank you.
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