Layout and Template update

So, I’ve decided to change a few things.  For a few reasons. 

I wanted the blog to be easily readable so, I made some changes to the template.  Also, I’ve decided to post some other random musings I have from time to time but, I wanted to keep things easy to find and navigate.

So, I added more pages to the blog that sort content:

Writing Experiment - This will take you to the writing experiment entries

Stuff, Things – This will take you to other random musings

and Happenstance – This will take you to newsy type posts (like this one)

Blog – This takes you to the entire blog with posts listed chronologically

I hope these changes help.  As always, please offer feedback – I would like to know if the new layout and page sorting is helpful or not. 

Thanks

-Steve

 

Interesting Idea

Late this afternoon, a few colleagues and I spent some time sharing stories and just talking.   It was good.  On the way home from the office, I started listening to the Brooklyn Funk Essentials record “Slow, Steady, and Easy” and had a thought. 

What if I were to take one track, play it on repeat for 30 minutes, and write… what kinds of things could I write about? 

As I was driving the 45 minutes of mostly traffic-less trip home, I thought of songs I could use.  I thought of what images those songs bring to life.  And, I reminded myself that in order to become the writer I want to be, I need to practice.  This seemed like a good fit. 

So, here is the plan:  A few times a week (more if I can mange it), I will be choosing one song and writing to it for a timed 30 minutes.  I will post the song and whatever I have written.  The post will be unedited and contain no proofreading.  Any gramatical mistakes I make during this process will be carried on to the page.  Some entries will be wonderful while others will be completely horrific. 

I will not edit these posts.  They will just be. 

I’m not sure if this is as interesting to anyone else as it is to me but, I am going to do it anyway. 

Last parting note – I have never used wordpress before and just now created this blog.  I will spend some time over the weekend updating it (along with my website) so, expect the look and feel to change along with much more information being available shortly.