{"id":25,"date":"2024-08-06T03:54:10","date_gmt":"2024-08-06T03:54:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jeffbloom.net\/?page_id=25"},"modified":"2024-09-14T23:14:52","modified_gmt":"2024-09-14T23:14:52","slug":"bloom-blog","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/jeffbloom.net\/index.php\/bloom-blog\/","title":{"rendered":"Bloom Blog"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Please start conversations using the Comments box at the bottom or each post and page. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The<strong> &#8220;Deep&#8221; Archives<\/strong> prior to this incarnation of my website can be found at my Wiki Companion Website. At this point these archives go up through 2018. I will be adding to those blog entries between the late 2018 and 2023. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-vivid-red-color has-text-color has-link-color has-medium-font-size wp-elements-6ce42068fb11bcbb89fa4357eec799f7\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/jeffbloom.wikidot.com\/blogarchive\">Please click here to access Jeff Bloom&#8217;s (Deep) Blog Archives<\/a> <\/strong><br><strong>on My Wikidot Companion Site<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-63f8202cb5087d78bfda03caf0623c3f\" style=\"font-size:16px\">This contains a more or less complete list of original posts, but the text of a number of the posts have been lost, but the titles are listed here<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-vivid-red-color has-text-color has-link-color has-medium-font-size wp-elements-18f2035172c70a7d6e60dd05eff2417a\">OR<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-vivid-red-color has-text-color has-link-color has-medium-font-size wp-elements-1cd8b88f4680e1927fb3087840515c60\"><strong>You also can access a list of those Blog Posts with complete text  here. Just <a href=\"https:\/\/jeffbloom.net\/index.php\/bloom-blog\/list-of-and-links-to-previous-blog-posts\/\">CLICK ON THIS LINK<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-wide\"\/>\n\n\n<ul style=\"font-size:14px;\" class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__list is-grid columns-3 has-dates wp-block-latest-posts\"><li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/jeffbloom.net\/index.php\/2024\/09\/15\/the-story-i-couldnt-write\/\">The Story I Couldn\u2019t Write<\/a><time datetime=\"2024-09-15T03:15:05+00:00\" class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-date\">September 15, 2024<\/time><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-excerpt\">The Upward Slope or the Dark Abyss by Jeff Bloom This morning while I was sitting in my recliner petting one of my cats and \u201ctrying\u201d to drink coffee, parts of a story started bouncing around in my head. Characters\u2019 &hellip; <p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/jeffbloom.net\/index.php\/2024\/09\/15\/the-story-i-couldnt-write\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;The Story I Couldn\u2019t Write&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p><\/div><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/jeffbloom.net\/index.php\/2024\/08\/06\/the-writing-experience\/\">The Writing Experience<\/a><time datetime=\"2024-08-06T04:37:51+00:00\" class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-date\">August 6, 2024<\/time><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-excerpt\">I love to write. Well, that\u2019s not entirely true. I suspect that my relationship to writing is much like relationships with technology, driving, and golf. I suppose these relationships are more of a love\u2013hate binary. Although many binaries tend to &hellip; <p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/jeffbloom.net\/index.php\/2024\/08\/06\/the-writing-experience\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;The Writing Experience&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p><\/div><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:24px\"><strong>Recent Commenter<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n<ol class=\"has-avatars has-dates has-excerpts wp-block-latest-comments\"><li class=\"wp-block-latest-comments__comment\"><img alt='' src='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/85174c17e8d5f282ee7429c13d94bfeb8e117fb9772db9f6364c977b83999a6e?s=48&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g' srcset='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/85174c17e8d5f282ee7429c13d94bfeb8e117fb9772db9f6364c977b83999a6e?s=96&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-48 photo wp-block-latest-comments__comment-avatar' height='48' width='48' \/><article><footer class=\"wp-block-latest-comments__comment-meta\"><span class=\"wp-block-latest-comments__comment-author\">Jeff Bloom<\/span> on <a class=\"wp-block-latest-comments__comment-link\" href=\"https:\/\/jeffbloom.net\/index.php\/about\/#comment-22\">About<\/a><time datetime=\"2025-01-26T23:00:22+00:00\" class=\"wp-block-latest-comments__comment-date\">January 26, 2025<\/time><\/footer><div class=\"wp-block-latest-comments__comment-excerpt\"><p>Therese, I&#8217;ve been wondering about. you. Great to hear from you! Send me a note. Jeff<\/p>\n<\/div><\/article><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-latest-comments__comment\"><img alt='' src='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/f1742309afce8c9fde0e189edd6b0a8e4d49ac94c1759c600cae642bc64585ca?s=48&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g' srcset='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/f1742309afce8c9fde0e189edd6b0a8e4d49ac94c1759c600cae642bc64585ca?s=96&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-48 photo wp-block-latest-comments__comment-avatar' height='48' width='48' \/><article><footer class=\"wp-block-latest-comments__comment-meta\"><span class=\"wp-block-latest-comments__comment-author\">therese forsythe<\/span> on <a class=\"wp-block-latest-comments__comment-link\" href=\"https:\/\/jeffbloom.net\/index.php\/about\/#comment-21\">About<\/a><time datetime=\"2025-01-26T22:48:38+00:00\" class=\"wp-block-latest-comments__comment-date\">January 26, 2025<\/time><\/footer><div class=\"wp-block-latest-comments__comment-excerpt\"><p>Hi Jeff It is Therese F I was your research student many years ago Wondering how you are?<\/p>\n<\/div><\/article><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-latest-comments__comment\"><img alt='' src='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/85174c17e8d5f282ee7429c13d94bfeb8e117fb9772db9f6364c977b83999a6e?s=48&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g' srcset='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/85174c17e8d5f282ee7429c13d94bfeb8e117fb9772db9f6364c977b83999a6e?s=96&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-48 photo wp-block-latest-comments__comment-avatar' height='48' width='48' \/><article><footer class=\"wp-block-latest-comments__comment-meta\"><a class=\"wp-block-latest-comments__comment-author\" href=\"https:\/\/jeffbloom.net\">admin-jbnet<\/a> on <a class=\"wp-block-latest-comments__comment-link\" href=\"https:\/\/jeffbloom.net\/index.php\/2024\/08\/06\/the-writing-experience\/#comment-2\">The Writing Experience<\/a><time datetime=\"2024-08-06T05:11:09+00:00\" class=\"wp-block-latest-comments__comment-date\">August 6, 2024<\/time><\/footer><div class=\"wp-block-latest-comments__comment-excerpt\"><p>Since writing this piece 4 years ago, I have come to appreciate even more writing as a personal process of&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div><\/article><\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:24px\"><strong>Categories<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-categories-list wp-block-categories\">\t<li class=\"cat-item cat-item-5\"><a href=\"https:\/\/jeffbloom.net\/index.php\/category\/knowledge\/\">knowledge<\/a>\n<\/li>\n\t<li class=\"cat-item cat-item-3\"><a href=\"https:\/\/jeffbloom.net\/index.php\/category\/learning\/\">learning<\/a>\n<\/li>\n\t<li class=\"cat-item cat-item-6\"><a href=\"https:\/\/jeffbloom.net\/index.php\/category\/politics\/\">politics<\/a>\n<\/li>\n\t<li class=\"cat-item cat-item-4\"><a href=\"https:\/\/jeffbloom.net\/index.php\/category\/science\/\">science<\/a>\n<\/li>\n\t<li class=\"cat-item cat-item-7\"><a href=\"https:\/\/jeffbloom.net\/index.php\/category\/society\/\">society<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<p 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