So there will be a political article
tomorrow, sometime. I wanted to talk though about the direction
they've been developing. The political articles I've been
writing ever since I started this blog in January have included
opinionated language, and I've often disparaged or supported those
who I feel deserve it. I've supported politicians on both sides of
the aisle like Sanders
and Kasich,
while really only being depreciative of one: Trump. As the
election cycle eats up everyones' minds, it's hard to avoid the
relentlessness and the stupor that follow. I fell into a bit of
a trap, and I think I'm climbing out. I will still write about
the election as it continues, but I'm going to write about other
topics completely devoid of partisan opinion, and hopefully I won't
even mention his or her name. But the blog has also included a
significant number, and I think the majority, of articles about
politics in general.
Articles like The
Development of the Republican Party, Hamilton
and Optimism, or The
Jeffersonian Republic have been enjoyable to write, and
hopefully engaging to read.
If you've seen no difference then
that's great too.
Also, starting today, I plan to try and
type up some thoughts about the day, like this right here.
It's going to be very casual, the
grammar will be worse than normally, and I'm not even going to review
and revise it.
I'm looking for about 250 words for
each of these, not real day things. I'm doing this partly, because
it is more relaxed and freeing, and also in the hope it will keep
some of you coming back every day just for a quick check.
I won't be posting these on Twitter and
I'm trying to decide on an image I can use for this sort of like how
I use the same one for every story and poem.
And to conclude, a note about the
poems. I've been writing fiction as an amateur
for a while. I have the manuscript for a two and a half books
completed, so I like to think I can compose pretty well. But, I've
never written poetry before. Yet, the town I live in is hosting a
contest to name its own poet laureate. Now, I won't win, and I don't
expect to (unless I'm the only person who and even then....), but I
figured I would give it a shot.
So, short thoughts every day, less
political articles about the presidency, and a poetry contest that
ends September 30th.
Clayton
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