‘Thank You!’
What it says on the cake, really.
A grateful client (who also happens to be a cake maker) gave me this chocolatey creation recently.
Delicious!
Not that you got to taste it, but I post an image of the cake by way of thanks to you who tune in to this blog, and give feedback and encouragement, even just by looking and reading.
I don’t take your viewership for granted.
I am incredibly grateful for your support.
Thank you, and all the best with your own creative endeavours!
‘Thoughts On Embarking’
In a post from yesterday, Embarking, I shared a wonderful quote from Alan Alda about the need to fully commit to journeys into new and strange things.
The man on the gang plank has his bag loaded as he heads for the boat.
He’s committed to the trip.
Alda is right – you can’t leave yourself safely on the shore when the unknown beckons.
Be bold! Have the nerve, Alda exhorts.
To give an example:
I don’t actually ever discuss the craft of blogging itself on Ebb Then Flood (plenty of people more expert than me do so) but embarking on this blogging journey just under two years ago is the sort of challenge that takes you with it once you actually have the gumption to start.
You can’t hold back, and you have to park that sense of self-doubt I suspect we all have, if you want to blog.
It’s certainly taken me to some strange places as I have, erm, pushed the boat out…
Similarly, I wish you boldness and new creative adventures.
– Andy L.
I suppose it is some sort of milestone – five hundred posts on Ebb Then Flood; heaps of my words and pictures at any rate.
I firmly believe in milestones – markers of time and achievement – even if only I note them.
Today, however I thought I’d share the number that WordPress’s stats counter threw up.
As a number it’s all a bit arbitrary in terms of whether this thing is worthwhile.
You can be the judge of that.
But I do know that I am really glad I kicked this project off sixteen months ago, for so many reasons, not least in rekindling a long dormant creative sense and finding an anchor for the random thoughts that swirl in my head.
Nice to pause and mark a moment…
Lastly, if you have tuned in along the way, and maybe found something on your wavelength, I am truly grateful – thank you!
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