{"id":177,"date":"2014-09-10T21:11:03","date_gmt":"2014-09-10T21:11:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/onpleasurefulpastry.com\/?p=177"},"modified":"2014-09-10T21:11:03","modified_gmt":"2014-09-10T21:11:03","slug":"confection-contemplation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/onpleasurefulpastry.com\/index.php\/2014\/09\/10\/confection-contemplation\/","title":{"rendered":"Confection Contemplation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align:justify;\"><strong><span style=\"color:#008000;\"><em>Mt Hood on the horizon wasn\u2019t enough.<span style=\"color:#008000;\"> \u00a0<\/span><\/em><em>I demanded the moon be its companion of scale\u2026<\/em><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify;\">In creating the voice for this new blog, I first needed to convince myself the effort was necessary. \u00a0<span style=\"color:#008000;\"><em>Creating the voice?<\/em><\/span> \u00a0Blogging is conversation, <em>yes<\/em>? \u00a0How else would one be conversant if not with her own voice?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify;\">Ah, but what about tone, delivery, personality and humor? And how does each of these qualities impact the conversation with one&#8217;s chosen audience?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify;\">I truly don&#8217;t want to over-think this and, in fact I&#8217;m not certain I want to think about it at all. \u00a0But there is a driver here. \u00a0An important opportunity at the beginning of a project to create it in as much detail as I wish.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify;\">What else would I wish for? \u00a0<span style=\"color:#008000;\"><em>Poetry<\/em>.<\/span> \u00a0As either a complement or a contrast to the content of the post\u00a0. \u00a0Or perhaps with no relevance to the post whatsoever. \u00a0<span style=\"color:#008000;\"><em>Weaving a line of story-telling into the growth of a professional skill set<\/em>. \u00a0 <span style=\"color:#000000;\">After all, it&#8217;s not an academic blog. \u00a0<span style=\"color:#008000;\"><em>More creative form. \u00a0More ease in the writing.\u00a0<\/em><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify;\">Well, now that was worthwhile, wasn&#8217;t it?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify;\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mt Hood on the horizon wasn\u2019t enough. \u00a0I demanded the moon be its companion of scale\u2026 In creating the voice for this new blog, I first needed to convince myself the effort was necessary. \u00a0Creating the voice? \u00a0Blogging is conversation, yes? \u00a0How else would one be conversant if not with her own voice? 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