I’m Coming Back to Medium
Like anybody cares!
It’s been seven months since I sat down, wrote something, and submitted it to Medium. It’s also been seven months since I’ve written anything, but a check. I do admit that I have been on Twitter though. I guess it seemed easier to read tweets from like minded people, retweet the good ones and occasionally fire off a line or two of vitriol directed at Trump or the fascist Republicans.There are a lot of reasons why I haven’t been writing on Medium and even my personal blogs.
I’ve been busy this summer with my garden and yard work and I just haven’t found the energy in the evenings to use my brain to conjure up any articles. On occasion I signed on to Medium to read a few articles by some of my favorite writers, like Sherry McGuinn and James Finn. I have kept in touch with Sherry via messenger as she has kept me up to date on what was happening on Medium. They both also help me to remain fired up on those issues dear to me.
In the few times that I have perused some of the articles written on Medium in the past 7 months I have seen a great deal of bullshit from the same few people. I became turned off by one or two writers who have made a living writing about how great Medium is and how much money they have earned. I didn’t know one could make a lot of money kissing up to a writing platform!
Then there was this bullshit from so called highly successful writers setting up GoFund Me accounts begging for money from their loyal followers. This reminded me of those people from The Gambia who follow me in hopes of receiving money to help their children get a life saving operation or help them feed their family. I don’t mind donating money for the needy, but I prefer to do it through a recognized charitable organization, not to just anyone who says they need the money. I don’t think Medium is the place to ask for money, no matter what the reason. Maybe a Facebook page would be more appropriate.
In the past few days, after observing what has been happening in Florida and Texas, I have realized those occasional tweets I have been writing on Twitter do little to soothe my seething anger directed at our own American Taliban, formerly called the Republican party. Today while at the gym I was on an elliptical machine which, unfortunately, was squarely behind a…
