The thing about *"Holiday Weekends"* is that I inevitably end up feeling like *Monday* is actually *Sunday,* so I *"lose"* a day in there.

As I sit here and write these words, I keep having to remind myself that this is *not* Sunday night...

I didn't really have much time to write this weekend, because we actually had *visitors* (in the form of our adult kids) for the first time since somewhere back in March!

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*Lilacs blooming in our garden*

That said, I did get in several nice sessions of what I call *"Kitchen Counter Creativity,"* which basically amounts to feverishly scribbling down ideas while stirring the pots on the stove.

It has always fascinated me how *not* sitting down with the purpose of doing something creative tends to loosen up creative thoughts!

There's actually a psychological/neuroscience term for that, but it eludes me at this moment...

Anyway, the result is that I end up with all these little pieces of notepaper with *"shorthand-ish"* scribbles of ideas I had, in the middle of scrambling eggs, or making spaghetti sauce.

Whereas this is a pretty nice way to *"capture"* fleeting ideas in the moment, I often end up with the small *"problem"* that I can't necessarily *make sense* of what I wrote down. 

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*Notes from yesterday and earlier today...*

Thankfully, I never have much of a shortage of things to write about, so it doesn't necessarily *matter* if I have to throw a few of them away, *"unprocessed."*

One of the things I've noticed over the years is that there are certain topics that come up on a cyclical basis... and they tend to get me all fired up. 

Mostly they have to do with very specific areas of *"the stupidity of government"* and *"the stupidity of economics,"* and sometimes *"the stupidity of well-educated adults behaving like spoiled 14-year olds."* 

That said, maybe *I'm* the one who's stupid because most of the time these *hot points* are like *"niche topics within niche topics,"* in such a way that they are hardly representative of more than the opinions of a *tiny handful* of people.

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*Thimbleberry blossom*

## *PERSONAL Blogs, and What Thereof Follows*

Perhaps 90-95% of the time, my blogging has historically followed one of *two* paths.

*Most* of the time, I have kept what I think of as a *personal* blog (which is what you're reading at the moment), which is basically a flow-of-consciousness stream of ideas and commentary, along with occasional recordings of milestones and events in my life.

The *rest* of the time, I have written more *article like* blogs on a variety of niche topics, mostly in the spirituality-psychology-mental health-self-development field. 

The reason I am bringing this up is that — as a *consumer* of content — I tend to follow pretty much the same sort of mix. 

Which brings me to one of the small handwritten notes I was trying to interpret earlier: When we talk about the *"quality"* of content and ask what *"adds value,"* the first place to look is to *ourselves* as a point of inquiry into what *we* consume, as content seekers. 

And, by extension, if we look at a content platform and declare *"this is just a bunch of vacuous hooey!"* why on Planet Earth would we think *anyone else* would want to look at that *"hooey?"*

And therein lies my answer to most of those who say *"quality"* content doesn't matter. Do *YOU* waste time with complete garbage content?

Thanks for reading... and hope your holiday weekend was a good one!

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