Wow! Another year already? My mother
use to say that as we grow older, time moves faster. I have found
this to be true. She never did say how one could slow time down
though! I suppose that is impossible. Now The Picket is two years
old.
This is the point where I should launch
into a self congratulatory oration extolling my many milestones and
seek the applause from my readers but I can't.
Although the number of hits here has
grown tremendously and some of my posts show up more frequently in search
engines, I am ashamed of the lack of this years posts. I feel I have
let my regular readers down.
What started as a brief hiatus to
explore other eras of history has now stretched into a nine month
absence. If I had known this I would have posted an explanation at
the beginning rather than leave the readers hanging. So now I offer
my humble apology with the hope you all will pop in from time to time
in the future.
So what is in store for The Picket? I
am glad you asked! (… well maybe you didn't …) I have been
thinking about this for the last month, trying to figure out what to
do with it. I like what I do here, and the format of the small story
is very enjoyable to me. So I will not be changing that. The thing
that concerns me is the number of posts. Like I said, I am ashamed of
the number of posts this year and that aspect needs to improve
greatly. I just need to buckle down and do it. In fact, this post is
actually my way of beginning to get back into a rhythm of writing.
So, yes, there will be a Year Three!
It also gives me a refresher on how to work the buttons on Blogger! I
have been away too long!
Other
Stuff
Since most of the US is covered in snow and ice, I would like to
share this story on A Snowball Fight at Dalton Georgia, at the
Mississippians in the Confederate Army blog written by Championhilz.
I recommend you bookmark this blog as it is quite interesting. I have been checking in on it for about a year and I enjoy it.
My story on the same battle can be found here:
And in the spirit of the season, I offer a rerun of my second post, A Christmas Conversation here:
One More Thing...
Did you think I wasn't going to post a picture??? In keeping with the season...
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| "A Christmas Dinner. A scene from the outer picket line." Edwin Forbes |
So
Merry Christmas !
The Picket
Drawing from the Library of Congress:
http://www.loc.gov/pictures/resource/ppmsca.20741/?co=drwg
Drawing from the Library of Congress:
http://www.loc.gov/pictures/resource/ppmsca.20741/?co=drwg
