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@anarchiv Ah, wonderful that you are a writer!

A smaller job like a short story must be much easier than a long project like a full novel.

A Blog post, easier yet, and the shorter posting like you did are the least inhibiting if you do have perfectionist tendency (which I do too).

Comparing that based on my similar experiences with woodwork and home little projects. A full renovation is a scary thought for me, a small project, done in one day, much easier and nice to complete without all the angst of a long process.

@anarchiv Yeah, I noticed the content warning right at the head of your profile, but found that someone who thought and posted what you did here was worth following. No worries, you can proceed as usual and I will respond to interesting bits if I see them.

A sad thing here is that it's pure chance, and sometimes we hit into great things, sometimes we have a conversation and it goes haywire due to some odd person jumping in. But, it's stil much better to have it all.

More accounts are a good idea. I have a couple more, just started on fedi a month ago and still learning. Some topics you might want to do on a lower profile, more discrete account.

Hard part is keeping active in various places, but it might be easier as I get more used to it.

Just started trying out Write.freely learning yesterday, which was interesting. A good thing is that it could be a place to collect ideas and info from various posts, like when I am trying something out, and post impressions, screenshots, notes.

These could be valuable as references to other users, but I am afraid they would be buried into the huge amount of data we have here, without bookmarking for the most part.

I did sequential posts like that when trying out mastodon clients, like Fedilab and Pinafore. They helped me understand the working of these apps and remember it, by explaining and documenting in writing.

I would like to bring these into one or two blog posts for each of them, and have a more permanent URL to point to when needed.

@anarchiv I had not thought about it until seeing and reading your thread here this morning.

It's amazing what you did with just words, well chosen, and delivered in small packets. For this medium it seems a good way to do it - attracting people in, without overwhelming them with longer texts.

I tend to write long form, and enjoy that Mastodon and fediverse allow that, unlike birdsite.

But I see the value of well done, not overly terse posting like you did here. Well done.

I will get around to writing it this morning, make it the morning's project.

@anarchiv Thanks - I just thought you might not have finished the stream of posts you were working on; and it would be a pity to cut into it.

Your writing and presentation were very interesting - I think they would attract people who would not read it, if posted in one or two larger posts.

@anarchiv I kind of feel bad for posting into what could have been a continuing stream of narration - if that is the case, please accept my apologies.

I did not know that Marseille had a name with such ancient roots. Reminds me of Évora, in Alentejo, Portugal, which has been around for a long time. The root of the current name goes to pre-Roman times, I remember seeing information at their local Museum.

I visited Alcácer do Sal, in the coast of Portugal, just South of Lisbon. It's located on a sheltered estuary, and Phoenicians had trading posts there, supporting the seamen traveling up the coast from the Med into the Bay of Biscay and on to Cornwall and other locations.

Tin was a vital resource, one of the components of Bronze, which for some time was the best metal people knew how to produce.

Until they developed Iron smelting skills, the demand for copper and tin moved enterprising people into those very long and risky journeys.

I am sure you know all of this and much more, but it's nice to reminisce and think about life in these times. And by talking about it, we might get people's interest and curiosity.

Maybe I could post a similar thread, like yours - I visited the Archeology Museum in Lisbon and was fascinated by an exhibit they had, all artifacts excavated in the Algarve region of Portugal.

I took it in one display at a time, which in a way is similar to the posting style you made above. Fragments of information from each surprising and intriguing me. And on to the next display and some more.

Spent hours and had a great time. I love History, and after visiting Europe, it kinds of soured me for travel here in North America, where 'old' might be 300 years. 😄