Cole's Notes - The Sunday Journalist

Moving into new digs I haven't posted for the last two weeks since I moved house. As part of the process, all my machines have been boxed and are waiting for the move. I have temporarily set up my one desktop unit, running Windows 11, to post this, and I hope to have the entire system back up and running soon.  On another thought I'm really enjoying not having to be connected online all the time. My new place is great, and there is a wonderful walking and biking park literally out my back window. Less time online and more time for me.  A possibility. -30-  

 Really? It was once said that when it comes to the press, you should never fight with a man who buys ink by the barrel.  Today would be to never pick a fight with someone with a Substack.  I'm building a substack called View from the Plateau so this page is an experiment in making up a page Test posting for View from the Plateau Permalink https://www.theepochtimes.com/opinion/conrad-black-though-postponed-tariff-threat-presents-a-range-of-opportunities-for-canada-5803349?utm_source=left-sharing-widget-v3&utm_medium=copyLink

On being a "Retired" Journalist So here it is 2020 - I got out of 2019 with minimal damage. As you can tell - there's wasn't much going on on in 2019 for my Blogging. I did (and still do) most of my posting on Facebook. Both Quotes of the day and Column of the day are part of what I have been doing as a hobbyist communication and content creation blogger. But I have been spending more time reading and cross-posting than creating.  Passing on other people's writing rather than creating my own. I was trying to build an audience and connect to more folks as well. While it did give me a more significant following and audience than posting in the Cole's Notes Blog was doing I was doing it it was the lazy man way by using my iPhone to curate and post on Twitter and Facebook. Also, I linked the Blog to my  Cooper's place page on Facebook and G+. Well, for 2020, I'm updating all this stuff to cut back on the Social Media to spend more time doing...