Which One Is the Real Me?

 

The other day I was playing around on Google, looking myself up. I learned some interesting things. Several sites have been re-posting my work, which is fine with me, as long as they give me credit. But what I enjoyed most were the images. If I searched for my name plus "writer" or "translator," I got one type of result; quite a different one if I searched for my name plus "#nsfw," or "udugi." Here are some examples, to show you what I mean:

Now, I am not what they call in Spanish a "corbata" (a "necktie guy," generally equated with being a "stuffed shirt"). The pic at top left was shot by Sandy in 2010, as an author pic for Inner Traditions. I do not believe I have worn a necktie since that day, but it was the desired image at the time. I was interested to see that Google found book-cover shots put out by Simon and Schuster, who have taken over the marketing of those titles. My sister Patricia, who knows far more about book publishing than I do, tells me that that is a big deal.

If you visited me on any given day, the black-and-white profile pic would fit me a lot better.

Next, I searched for my name plus "#nsfw," and got the results that I like best, the ones I consider most significant. Here, I've played with those results a bit:

Now we're talking! I relate much better to this guy.

I got another nice result when I searched for my name plus "udugi." Again, I relate well to the images:

I think we know which one is the real me. What I can't figure out is how my cat's rear end got into these these pictures.

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We Make Our Home

 

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147,000 Visits, and 80 Trips around the Sun

Hello, my friends. I'm happy to say that today we passed the milestone of 147,000 visits to this blog, which has been in existence since early October, 2016. These visits (page-views) have come from more than 100 countries located all over the world.

In the beginning, the blog was just poetry. but soon the need for illustrations caused an expansion into photography, another of my interests. Soon prose articles, and sometimes long series of them, were also featured. All of the prose was, and is, my own writing.

But another milestone is just around the corner. The photograph at the end of this blog entry was taken yesterday, exactly one month shy of my eightieth birthday. I am fascinated by turning eighty, something I've never experienced before, at least in this life, and am trying to document it.

Is age really just a number? I would have to say that it is not. My doctor tells me that very few men my age can get an erection at all. I can, but it's nothing to shout about. I can do physical work for an hour, but that's about it. I can, on the other hand, do mental work all day and into the night. That's pretty much how I spend my days, and it's what I share with you, my readers. I intend to keep doing it as long as I can.

So thank you, once again, for your continued interest, your inferred enthusiasm, and your loyalty. Gracias, todah, wadó. 

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This Is Me

 

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Light, Like Consciousness

 

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Well, what now?

 

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Shabbat Shalom!

 

Shabbat Shalom!