This afternoon I went out for a walk in the neighborhood, taking photos and enjoying the last of the leaves and flowers - there are still asters in bloom, and the streets and stoops are awash in yellow leaves. We're all bracing for the real cold we know is lurking around the corner.
While I may try to post something every day in November, it won't always be writing. I think it's great to have the incentive of NaBloPoMo, but I've decided (and my stats bear it out) that posting every day doesn't increase traffic here, makes me feel crazy, and does a disservice to the words. A short poem, a note about daily life, or a photograph - sure. But the effort of writing thoughtful, longer essays deserves a longer space of time for them to breathe and enjoy their short internet life (both for the readers and for their author) so I'm not going to push myself into a production frenzy while still trying to keep up some sort of daily posting.
Additions for today, along with these leaf-stuffed pumpkins: I just added some photographs to the post about bikes, transportation, and Montreal's Bixi system - and am about to cross-post it to The Clade.
Yummy colors in that photo. And I agree with you about daily posts.
Posted by: Anne Gibert | November 04, 2009 at 06:44 PM