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Yes, an actual vacation, nine time zones away \u2014 and no laptop computer<\/em>. Giving up the MacBook was like giving up alcohol and caffeine. It meant that I could not work on writing or editing; therefore, I was truly on vacation.<\/p>\n What was left was the tried and true \u2014notebooks for writing a travel journal and for jotting down things that I would do later, when I was home<\/em>. Not now<\/em>. What a concept.<\/p>\n OK, so I did take an iPhone for email and photos. But I think that was the first long trip without a computer since . . . 2004.<\/p>\n Now it all starts up again, including this blog . . . soon. Thanks for your patience.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Yes, an actual vacation, nine time zones away \u2014 and no laptop computer. Giving up the MacBook was like giving up alcohol and caffeine. It meant that I could not work on writing or editing; therefore, I was truly on vacation. 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That's fair enough, since I hit him with the \"book pile photo thing.\" (Mine's here.)In fact, I read one of his links too: Rod \"Crunchy Con\" Dreher.So, setting aside the uber-bloggers like Glenn Reynolds, here are five who make\u2026","rel":"","context":"In \"blogging\"","block_context":{"text":"blogging","link":"https:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?tag=blogging"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":3244,"url":"https:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=3244","url_meta":{"origin":7506,"position":2},"title":"Green Halloween?","author":"Chas S. Clifton","date":"September 17, 2011","format":false,"excerpt":"First of all, I took this photo on August 26th. Is this what the new Pagan future will look like? Everyone complaining that it is not even the equinox, but the stores are full of Halloween merchandise? This building used to be a Toys \"R\" Us store in Pueblo, Colo.,\u2026","rel":"","context":"In \"Colorado\"","block_context":{"text":"Colorado","link":"https:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?tag=colorado"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.chasclifton.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/greenspirit.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":198,"url":"https:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=198","url_meta":{"origin":7506,"position":3},"title":"\"Sampling Paradise\" revisited Writer Erik\u2026","author":"Chas S. Clifton","date":"June 2, 2004","format":false,"excerpt":"\"Sampling Paradise\" revisited Writer Erik Davis rewrote his article on Goan trance music, \"Sampling Paradise,\" for a new anthology out from Routledge, Rave Culture and Religion, edited by Graham St. John. Read the whole thing here; meanwhile, a sample paragraph: Techno historians already know that English working-class kids brought raves\u2026","rel":"","context":"Similar post","block_context":{"text":"Similar post","link":""},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":252,"url":"https:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=252","url_meta":{"origin":7506,"position":4},"title":"Another witchy movie Keeping up\u2026","author":"Chas S. Clifton","date":"August 28, 2004","format":false,"excerpt":"Another witchy movie Keeping up with the theme of small-p pagan books and movies (see entries here and here), M. and I have now watched I Married a Witch, released in 1942 and starring Veronica Lake in her prime--all long blonde hair and sleepy, scratchy voice. 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