Daily Routines. Nearly every morning of his life, Mister Rogers has gone swimming, and now, here he is, standing in a locker room, seventy years old and as white as the Easter Bunny, rimed with frost wherever he has hair, gnawed pink in the spots where his dry skin has gone to flaking, slightly wattled at the neck, slightly stooped at the shoulder, slightly sunken in the chest, slightly curvy at the hips, slightly pigeoned at the toes, slightly aswing at the fine bobbing nest of himself... and yet when he speaks, it is in that voice, his voice, the famous one, the unmistakable one, the televised one, the voice dressed in sweater and sneakers, the soft one, the reassuring one, the curious and expository one, the sly voice that sounds adult to the ears of children and childish to the ears of adults, and what he says, in the midst of all his bobbing-nudity, is as understated as it is obvious: "Well, Tom, I guess you've already gotten a deeper glimpse into my daily routine than most people have.
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Wildly popular and profitable blogs. And so…the “over-share” which is not intimacy (agreed). Was Anais Nin a train wreck? Maybe. Her art was her life. She lived and wrote her life. I’m a trainwreck writer and proud mistress of the over-share. I call this toggling. Toggling, to me, in this way, is the day-to-dayness of survival justaposed against my existential angst: that inner voice who just won’t shut up. Toggling makes me less dictatorial about shoulds and oughts and ought nots. Toggling doesn’t require leveling.
Toggling isn’t just about blogging. About the author. Creative communication Writing Roads, professional copywriting f.