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This entry might be messy. One of my many goals for this website is to be consistent. This is an off-update week. I thought I would be posting some kind of fiction up here. Instead I am writing another short essay on what I am not doing. As a rule, there are no real viable excuses. I just didn’t plan, and time caught up with me.

Consider this an informal update of sorts again. It is the second full week in October. I am in Hollywood Florida. This is why the picture on the right. I travelled with my sister, cousin, and friend to Florida to celebrate the Miami Caribbean Carnival. They played mas. I enjoyed the Air B&B house. It has a heated pool and Jacuzzi. Also, the Florida weather is a little better than New York City weather in October. Florida doesn’t have the best reputation right now. I am being as careful as I can be. I am also more worried about flying. It is not full-fledge aerophobia, but I do prefer to sleep through the flight. It is a little more difficult, since I have different health concerns now.

The Carnival event was over the weekend, and I will be leaving later on in the week. Despite the fear I will be persevering and be on the plane.

I have a bad habit of posting essays on this blog and not looking back. I make a hard copy and keep digital copy in the cloud but unless I feel completely blocked, I don’t look at what I wrote the week before. That kind of active self-sabotage ends today. It is true that many writers have difficulty reading what they have previously written but decent maintenance of this website requires me to know what I posted before. Also, this isn’t fiction, majority of these posts are about things I plan to do. To keep it from sounding repetitious and boring. I have to read and seriously analyze what I am doing with this website. For this month and the two following along with holiday wishes and all that jazz. I am preparing for the new year.

The goal for 2022 is to improve this website. There are so many threads that I am putting out I might forget about one or two. I encourage any interested readers to leave a comment, like and subscribe. Blogs work the same as YouTube videos and podcasts.

That is all for now, there will be more on the official update on October 18th. Until then I hope for everyone it is a productive week full of opportunity and kindness.

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Updates October 04 – 15

Hello,

Thank you for the likes and followers.

The last two weeks have been interesting. Last year author and YouTube creator John Green told his brother and audiences about the artist Hiroyuki Doi and his artwork of drawing small circles to make a larger picture. John Green wrote an essay about it, made a recording and posted it on his podcast called the Anthropocene reviewed and decided to draw 170,000 circles himself. I am not sure in which order he did all that, I just know he told us about it last year. In the essay, Green explained the reasons Hiroyuki Doi started this art project. In the YT video, Green speaks about his reasons for doing the same. Which is this more or less, despite him doing the same motion over and over again, it is impossible to make a perfect circle. Each circle is different in their own way. Fans of the Vlogbrothers and Nerdfighteria, joined him on his challenge and were very creative with their efforts. I tried but for whatever reason last year I just could not to it. I am into coloring. I have several adult coloring books and a large number of colored pencils and markers. Two years ago, as a hobby that would stay a hobby, I wanted to learn how to draw. Last weekend, I started to drawing circles and it gave me the same pleasant feelings I get from coloring. It could be described if I think about it some more but this is just an overview. The picture was not as creative as Hiroyuki Doi or Nerdfighteria fans, in a video later that year, John Green shared with us, some that was sent to him, but I am content with what I produced and I plan to do another.

I am still evaluating and reorganizing my writing methods. But now it is October and most of the writers I follow on YouTube are talking about Preptober, the preparation before the major writing event that is called National Novel Writing Month a.k.a. NaNoWriMo. I don’t know if I mentioned it before I am on the fence about participating. I will be writing no matter what. I have made plans for the next 90 days and if all goes well improve this website, it’s content and be in better place for readers.

That is all that I have for now. I hope this week is safe and full of opportunity for us all.

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