Is
that a real title? I don’t know. Probably not. As you can guess, I am trying very
hard to get back on a “writing groove” -whatever that is- so as not to let far
too much time go by between “appearances” on this “blog-stage”
Surprisingly,
these entries are creeping up to the 20,000-hit mark, since they were first
started as a “filler-of-time-while-recuperating-from-cancer-and-other-assorted-issues”
hobby. Yes, I do understand there are many bloggers who will get that many “hits”
on a daily basis but hey, let me enjoy the moment.
This
blog was meant for a relatively small group of friends, who nicely told me they
liked the way I wrote. They are/were also mostly from Cuba, the same as I, so
the memories which were put on paper (Ok, digital paper!!) -although my
own- were memories to which they could relate. And they did. That, combined
with the fact that I spent then most days sitting or lying on my rehab bed, allowed
me to give the blog the undivided time and effort it needed.
However,
the algorithms of computing search kicked in, and suddenly there were readers
in different parts of the world, places where I’d never think readers would
appear. This made me very curious. To see how many countries would produce
readers for a blog that, in essence, was meant as a personal travelogue through
time and space. My own time and my own space. And yes, those with whom this time
and space had been shared along the way, for they could read it and understand
references and episodes lived, since they had lived similar ones.
Little
by little, countries began to appear on that reader list. From South to Central
and North America, to Europe and Asia. There were comments beginning to come in.
Not all sweet and caring. But all comments were/are appreciated. Some from
those friends who had shared this conceptual and real journey. Some encouraging
me to put all these into a book format. Some telling me to leave “things” alone
(still trying to figure out what “things” these folks were referring to)
but the fact these regular people I don’t know took the time to read and to
comment, was not lost on me.
It is
said that a person (well, originally this said, “a man” but let’s be P.C.)
should do three things while alive, to leave an impression of his/her passing
through life: “plant a tree, travel, write a book”. I can vouch about having planted
not one, but several trees and related living entities along the way. If you have
followed this blog, then you know my travels have taken me around the world
more than once.
And as
for writing a book, technically, that has also been done. There is a book cataloged
in the Library of Congress which includes my name as co-author. But I don’t really
count this one, for it was a book on medical transcription and it was my first wife
who really had the knowledge on this subject matter. She was an excellent,
experienced medical transcription expert. I just helped with the editing and the
putting together of the book.
This
brings me back to said item. As mentioned somewhere in these -about 1,300 – 1.450-
pages of “blogger-ing”, my forte is not long writing. I am not sure if it is
short writing either. However, there is a compendium in the works, trying to
put what I consider the better entries into a coherent format which,
eventually, may or not see the light of day. This is up to about 400 double spaced
pages which would probably translate into 220-240 regular printed pages. If it
comes to pass, I guess enough will be printed to be given away to my children,
so they don’t forget their roots. And some to my close friends… I’ll even sign
them … Ok, maybe not.
There
is another, longer shot also being slowly worked on … But that, is a totally different story.
Be
Well … Be Back!!!
Final Notes:
· Pray
for those who are
fighting an illness which may take them away from their loved ones… Every
request is heard, and counts!!
