I suppose when that hashtag phrase is employed it’s meant to convey work on some literary or journalistic enterprise…for me it’s come to mean this: blogging. I had a letter from someone this morning inquiring why people close off access to their websites, make them private, or stop blogging. I can only make a guess about other people’s motivations, but for me, specifically, blogging can at times be overwhelming. There’s something Audrey Hepburn said that I think applies nicely: As […]

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