Somehow, 299 sounds more significant to me than 300. Maybe because '300' has been overused recently, or maybe it's just a feeling of impending change, like reaching age 29 felt more significant than 30.
Anyone reading this now, and who may have dropped by from time to time to see what I was up to, might have noticed that the rate of postings here has dropped. Travel and paying work have intervened. But the reason might also be that 300 posts across nearly two years is more than enough, and reaching 299 has raised the question.
What is there left to say? Readers will know (or think they know) my politics. And that is what occupies my free time most these days - agonizing or commiserating over the political foibles of my generation.
When I do turn off politics or the economy, it's possible my musings over other subjects reach no audience at all. Does anyone out there care what I think about 'The Directions of Time'?
In the end, this process is just entertainment and a form of therapy. If after I post number 300, sometime in the next few days or so, I still find pleasure and intellectual engagement in it, and if there is possibly another 300 in the tank, then this blog will continue.
But don't be surprised if number 300 leads to only a few more, and then none at all, if the spirit isn't there. Time is increasingly precious in my life, and I have little of it to waste.
Readers may come and go, but the Writer must always be there ...
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