For Linda G Hill’s Stream of Consciousness Saturday : Opposites.”
Gertrude Abercrombie
On Fridays I like to pingback to Fandango’s Flashback Friday because I have gone back through my archieves- in some cases all the way back to 2006 and I’ve been pleasantly surprised at what I found.
Some of my older work wasn’t half bad, not bad at all. What can I say? I was happy with what I saw. As I went through my blog I had moments of ” I wrote that, really?” and I mean that in a good way. On the other hand there were other pieces where I missed the mark, but I’m proud of those pieces too because even if they weren’t great I worked hard on them.
However what I have been avoiding this year as I’ve done Flashback Friday is looking at anything I wrote towards the end of 2019 through 2020. I was sure I would find some grim work- and it would not be in the” lol isn’t that weird ” grim way.
What I found from that time frame turned out to be the exact opposite of what I expected to find. What I found in my work was that even though that feeling was popping up, I wasn’t exactly drowning in despair. From what I saw I working on focus and trying out new things ( like poetry and subject matter ).
So I’d like to give a shout out to FANDANGO and his challenge because who knows? I may have ignored that time frame all together and missed out o on seeing a big step I took in my writing.
I found my way here via the Socs prompt. Fandango flashback is great!
Speaking of reviewing older posts. We were just discussing that on my blog atm, with a tool that sends you to a random older post on a WordPress blog. I have found some really interesting posts that might otherwise have been buried – rarely to see the light of day, unless I search in the reader on a salient phrase.
I am glad to read that checking the older posts was surprisingly better than you expected. I find that writing, even in the darkest of times, can be incredibly cathartic and helpful. Bloggers can always go back and update or change up old posts as needed.
You’re right there re a lot of ” I wrote that” moments when we review old posts, and very often it’s a pleased reaction.