This Is This

Weird stuff happening, because on Friday, the Something I’d Probably Do post should have gone live, but I noticed at the weekend I published it as Private, which means that only I could see it. And if I just wanted to read my stuff without anyone else, then I’d go back to filling notepads like I did for years.

I know bloggers say they don’t if people read their stuff or not, but it’s better when they do. It’s broadcasting, and that requires an audience. Yes, I’d probably be writing this if you weren’t reading, but you are so it’s a better experience.

Here’s a thing I love. It’s called Hammond Song by The Roches, and it just gets me. I has a great line, which is “We’ll always love you/but that’s not the point”.

It’s something people hear from people who think they have your best interests at heart.

They sing the same note, then go to harmony, they sing the same measures and then overlap, they stick to the structure, then split from it before you notice. I love this song.

I am not a teenage girl (sorry), and these lyrics have no particular meaning for me, so why should it connect so strongly for me?

That’s the thing about great writing – it connects us and joins our common sensitivities. Writing gives us the distance to allow us to get closer, without an approach. Don’t always listen to the advice of others, and do your own thing if it’s right. You certainly won’t get them here, but there are no easy answers.

All I can offer is a few simple truths, and here’s one today from Jack Kerouac, who wrote: “The straight line will take you only to death.”

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“Do you know if this road goes to Eton?”
“Eat in?”
“No, take away.”
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