Alive, but infected with the Niche thing…
~The Outdooress~
Long time no write, ehh….Although, honestly, that’s nothing unusual in the repotoire of how I blog.
Disappearing for months on end has been one of the blog conditions I’ve come down with many times over my years of blogging. It’s sort of like getting a fever, one must lay low for awhile, regroup, and start again with a renewed system.
Usually when I go blog quiet, I’m off doing my little adventures, leaping mountains with a single bound or swimming across rivers in the pursuit of dimpled water.
This time my reasons for absence is pure adulterous blog behavior. I’ve been cheating on Provocation with a new blog I created to capture all my outdoor experiences.
I started my new site for several reasons. First the idea was planted in my mind by someone who writes in the outdoor field and he encouraged me to step up to the water line. Second, it made sense. I spend the vast majority of my time outdoors. For me, it’s a way of life and because of it’s niche like details, I didn’t write about it often on this blog. Here at Provocation I’ve occasionally mentioned when had been off on a week long hiking trip, or fly fishing for trout in some remote place, but on the whole, I understand my way of life isn’t everyone’s cup of tea, so I’ve kept it minimal and played down the best I could.
The thing is, I’ve always been as drawn to the outdoors as I am to writing, but I’ve neglected combining the two this entire time. Now I am and I’m really enjoying it. In fact, I wish I had been doing it all these years. The short amount of time I’ve put into placing my outdoor observations into blog form has been extremely welcomed within the outdoor community. I’ve been offered some incrediable opportunities and I’m pursuing all my newly discovered options.
Maybe, just maybe, all these years as I’ve struggled to find purpose and direction for my writing, the answer was waiting patiently in my fly fishing creel the whole (damn) time. I may have finally found my niche in this big old world.
If you would like to take a peek ~ The new blog link ~ The Outdooress
As for mentioning my new writing niche here, I understand what I’m doing over there is an individual type lifestyle and certainly not for everyone which is why I’ll need my Provocation. When I watch a woman walking down the street with a squirrel purse in one hand and a shit-zoo on a diamond leash hanging from the other, I must have an outlet for such moments or I’ll burst with observational notations that stack up in my mind ~
Finding my balance,
Rebecca Anne
That is so cool! I’m glad that you are finding such a great outlet… I’m -also- glad that you are going to keep your little corner here, I would miss it
Off to go see the new site and put it in my RSS. While I am not the kind of outdoor person you are (I’m outdoors a lot, but I work there and play inside), I’m sure I will enjoy your writing no matter what it is about!
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I hope the rest of your readers wander over to the Outdooress. I know I’ve been enjoying reading you in your niche. One of these days I’ll get the hang of the double blog adventure. For now I’m all about Shattered Prose. But I do get the gist of needing a separate outlet for something other than the niche (winks). (Hugs)Indigo
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For a while, I thought I had stopped following or something, but stumbled on your other blog via Facebook. Glad to see that you will visit here occassionally
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I’m glad you’re finding an outlet for the things you enjoy most. I’m still here for the little observations and who knows, what I’ll learn when I stop by ‘your other’ home!
Congrats on the new blog!!
~K
The new site is very cool! Congrats. It’s also very good to see you here again.
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finding your balance……im always trying to watch my step….lifes a dance……yes?
The new site is cool! Hope you find the balance that you are looking for!
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Happy to hear that you’re still alive.
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Hey Rebecca, I’ve been missing you, and will keep an eye out for new posts over here. I’d say “good luck” over at the new blog, but I know it’s going great guns. Enjoy x See ya soon, Indigo
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I totally get it. That’s why I went with the food blog and I have LOVED it. I’ve indulged and learned so much in just one year. Going to check out your other blog.
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It sure is good to see you back here on this blog…I was beginning to think we had lost you .
I kept coming to this page..only to find you were still “Moving”.
Welcome back friend.
Bob
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Girl, I am totally blown away by the beautiful style of your new outdooress blog site!! How exciting for you. And you write in such a way that it is amusing and entertaining even if one is not as big on outdoor activities as you are.
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