Sunday, September 13, 2020

Hiding In Plain Sight

I'm trying a new font today. I haven't been happy with the fonts since Blogger updated things to "make a better user experience." One day the font I'd been using began to appear differently. I've written about that before, and it still bugs me. So, today I'm trying another one. I'm not sure if the issue with this, for me, is whether I just got used to the look of the old font and so nothing new feels right. Maybe I'll get used to the new one. The only thing to do is to give it a try.

Last year I wrote a post about being Ghosted by Google, that I'd signed in to write one day and my followers had disappeared, my bio and "about" information had disappeared. My head shot disappeared. So I've been a mystery writer. I don't think there's anything here that says who I am. 

I'm hiding in plain sight.

When I discovered this, I thought I might take some time to discover who I've become since I started writing this blog eight years ago. There have been a lot of changes. As I look back over this time, this writing has been a touchstone for my journey. It makes sense to take some time and figure out how to update my identifying information and let people know who's writing this if they happen to come across it. 

The thing is, I worry that if I try to do anything to it, I might lose everything else. The tech world is tricky. It reminds me of a game of Dungeons and Dragons, where you never know what you're going to get into or whether you'll come out with everything intact.

So, I'll probably just muse about this a little more and, in the meantime, I'll keep writing.







Days of Accidental Beauty: 40 Days of Noticing is a writing practice directed toward discovery.