OldTroubador's blog post - 200

In this version of my time on NN, I have submitted 200 blogs. WOW!!! Two hundred of them. No wonder I have arthritis (it couldn’t be old age, no way). Some were repeats from my old profile, some were songs that I liked. But most of the ones I have posted were original. I have delved into poetry a little more. I have found that it expresses feelings better, more succinctly. But I still revel in recording my travels, my impressions, the things I see and hear and feel as I drive.

These journeys have included my travels on the road, but also travels through my mind and soul. There are many things that I have recorded that I have not shared; I needed to clear them out, cleanse my self, purge my soul. I may or may not share them with everyone; a few people here have heard the sadder tales. For this, I thank you very, very much.

I started writing back around the year 1999 or 2000, I am not quite sure. I wrote then, as I do now, to record events that I witnessed or as a way to collect my thoughts. Some were prose, some were poetic in form, some were hopeful and some were dark. Most were, as they are now, short pieces, more like essays and I used them to set down on paper things I had seen – a sunrise, the early morning fog, things of that nature. Others were essays about my state of mind, which at the time, was not all that good. I was having serious doubts about myself as a person. Then in late 2000, an event happened in my personal life which forever changed me. A few months later, I needed to seek therapy and the help of psycho-active drugs. My therapist encouraged me to write down my thoughts, as a way to get them out into the sunlight.

I am about to start trying to make a small profit from my meandering cursor though. Through the encouragement of many here, I am going to start collating and editing the last six or seven years of writing. I have a couple of memory sticks with everything on them (my sister’s computer genius was able to recover everything). Once that is done, I have to choose a publisher, submit my manuscripts, and hope for the best.

It means a lot to me that all of you have enjoyed my ramblings and writings so much. I don’t care if my publishing attempt comes to naught or brings me wealth – the people here on this site, my friends, have been and always will be my favorite audience.

I would love to be able to thank each of you personally for the encouragement you have given to me to keep writing, the comments you have left on my blogs, the advice, the hope, the love each of you has shown me. But I know that if I try, I will forget someone special, and I would hate to do that. So I offer a general THANK YOU!!! to each of you, one that is heartfelt and pure. Your thoughts, prayers, hugs, and words have kept me going – both on the road and on the blogs. I do have to say that my life is richer for having known each of you.

Bill (aka – OldTroubador, Tuxedojunction)