As mentioned a few posts ago, I have been exploring the diary-side of blogging since my trip started; I may have explored it enough. It's a style of writing that has it's place, and works well in the "travelogue" sense--I do want people to know where I am, and read descriptions about how I've sensed and interpreted places and events. However, I am wary of having it turn into an outlet for my most personal thoughts, or fodder best left for a therapist. I also don't want to veer into the mundane tweet-realm, where I'm excited to mention the street corner where I stopped to tie my shoes and happened to step in some gum, which was blue, but came off surprisingly easily, and isn't that a blessing because they are my favorite shoes, and I especially like the bottoms of them...(was that 140 or less?). I think we can all agree it's best to stay clear of TMI-territory.
So, I hope to dial down the diary-transcribing, and instead do more interpretive sorts of things, that can still offer my personality and personal take on things. (Not to mention the fact that once I leave Cape Town, assurances of internet access go down.) You might expect more essays, captioned pictures, and anecdotes. Still, expect the unexpected--at it's best, the blog will serve the (hypothetical) reader's purposes through my own (which is to write, and to amuse, and to share), so I will continue to search for the optimal and most interesting combination of voice. Thanks for reading, you.
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