Priority: n. something meriting attention before competing alternatives
365 Words Beginning with P is winding down. Not because of a paucity of peachy P-words – indeed the peerless pantheon of P words is scarcely pricked.
My purpose – nay, my priority – was to prod my procrastinating pea-brain into a practice of producing pontifications on a daily basis until I had proffered at least 365 of them, thus proving to myself that I could write regularly. This is #377. Who knew vocabulary could be so much fun!
(To those whose interest in 365pwords was more literary than political, I apologize for all the Palin posts last fall. It’s not my fault her name began with P. I thank god she’s not our vice-president — pity those poor people in Alaska.)
What I’m saying is my priorities have shifted and I must move on. Literally. To a much smaller home, with much less stuff.
But I’ve caught blogging fever, and my new blog, Getting to Less, is shaping up nicely. If you’re at all interested in getting to less in your own life, or you just want to keep me company on the journey, please please c’mon over. And bring your own downsizing tips and (mis) adventures.
Pitching your possessions has got to be more fun than pulling your own teeth, right?
I’ll be back here occasionally when a P-word just screams to be written about. Meanwhile, join me over at Getting to Less.
A Prompt to Perusers: proffer your comments, please…
Prompt: n. something that reminds or incites to action
Peruse: v. to browse, to look over casually; to read carefully
Proffer: v.t. to offer up or present for acceptance
Dear Perusers, Passersby, Lurkers and Regular Readers,
WordPress has a clever way of keeping track of how many folks visit a blog, which posts they looked at, which terms they used to find the blog or post, and which links intrigued them enough to link through.
So I know you’re out there. I know you stop by.
Some of you are friends and family, but most of you are total strangers. A couple of those who started as strangers comment often enough that I now think of them as real friends, and that feels really good.
I started “365 Words that Begin with P” to trick myself into a regular writing practice. (The posts listed here will explain why “P”, etc.) I said that I didn’t care if folks read or commented on what I wrote because that wasn’t the point.
But evidently I lied. I do care.
Since April 6, 2008 I’ve written 292 posts, a number that astounds me (and yet hundreds of great P-words still remain untouched!). I’m having lots of fun.
Now I’d like to hear what’s on YOUR mind. Your favorite P-words and why. Your problems with practice productivity priorities people politics passion perseverence parenting pickles poodles or parsnips.
I have my own favorite posts, but they’re not reflected in in the WordPress stats, which are driven by what people are searching for or being linked to from a popular blog. Mention a political controversy (all things Palin) or a celebrity (Randy Pausch and Paul Newman – both Unitarians who died recently) and I get LOTS of hits. Mention something of interest to ME (prunes, packrats, plethora) and maybe a hundred take a peek. Though who knew that a hundred people a month would want to read Patron – about the older men in top hats lurking/leering just offstage in the paintings of Degas and Fourain (students googling “Degas” in preparation for a paper?).
So… in the new year, indulge me by commenting every now and then. I promise I’ll comment back. Let’s have more of a conversation!
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