I was up very early (just after 6am) this morning and I've just been wondering if I could find something to blog about today. Sunday is my 'get everything done at done' day. It also tends to be the day when I have people to dinner (an evening meal for me).
For some reason YP's Laughing Horse Awards popped into what passes for my mind.
I've never been particularly imaginative - the result, I always say, of having, more than half a century ago, studied public administration and law at university and had a career as a bureaucrat.
Of course it may well be that it was the other way around and that it was because I was unimaginative that I became a bureaucrat.
However, I managed to find topics that kept my blogs going for many years so it should not be too hard to keep things going a bit longer. I miss not spending as much time in Blogland..
I think many of my readers also read YP's blog entitled "Yorkshire Pudding". (Clicking on the words in parenthesis with take you to the blog.).
I've never quite understood how YP managed to come up with all the topics he's blogged about over the last 21 years or thereabouts or, indeed, found the time particularly as he spends so much time out wandering with his camera. It has shown a single-minded approach. I often wish that I had had that dedication (to anything!).
having worked in a government department department for a short while...it did not encourage imagination..in fact it seemed to be actively discouraged..along with thinking for oneself..I escaped!!
ReplyDeleteYP's blog is good, or course, and whatever he writes about, he does it with style. His often sarcastic comments on other blogger's posts is fun. I am quite attracted to bloggers who write about their personal lives, even minute detail. I build a picture of a person and the picture is constantly added to. And amazingly when you meet some of them, they are just like are on their blog. I almost remember you telling me or writing about your decking? outdoor area?. Learning about the homes of bloggers is also interesting.
ReplyDeleteEvery blogger’s style is different, of course, and some have an amazing ability to make even the most mundane topics interesting and humorous. I am sure I speak for many, Graham, when I assure that we all find your blog a good place to be. We wouldn’t otherwise be here.
ReplyDeleteLike Andrew, I enjoy reading about my fellow bloggers‘ daily lives. What is ordinary for them may appear very exotic to me, but I always find some common ground in spite of all the things where our lives are different.
ReplyDeleteWhat‘s for dinner then at your house tonight?
I, too, enjoy reading blogs that describe a person's daily life. The person behind the blogposts seems more real to me and it feels as though we have established a friendship, albeit a virtual one.
ReplyDeleteYours is one of those that I have always looked forward to reading so I hope that your return to regular blogging will continue.