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I feel the need to repeat this one more time.<\/p>\n

I’ll type it slowly. So … read verrry carefully.<\/em><\/p>\n

I intend to keep writing this blog until I no longer am able.<\/em><\/p>\n

This restatement comes in the wake of some interesting responses to an earlier post that went out on High Plains Blogger. I wrote about the upcoming move my wife, Toby and Puppy and I are set to make to Fairview, Texas — a little village tucked neatly between Allen and McKinney, about 30 miles or so north of Dallas.<\/p>\n

It’s in Collin County. It’s a bustling place, full of new things to do, places to see and explore.<\/p>\n

Yes, the newness will be a joy to experience.<\/p>\n

However, some things won’t change with the move from the Texas Panhandle to the Metroplex.<\/p>\n

High Plains Blogger will remain alive and, hopefully, well. Some of the responses along my social media network come have asked whehter I’ll keep writing it.<\/p>\n

Yes! A thousand times yes!<\/p>\n

I don’t pretend to have an infinite wave of fans who hang on every word that comes from this blog. I have my share of critics and political foes. Many of them are actual friends, not just social media acquaintances who like to bitch at me.<\/p>\n

One of the greatest joys of writing this blog is how many of my actual friends — those who disagree with my politics — remain<\/em> my friends despite our world view differences.<\/p>\n

The folks who have asked me whether I intend to keep writing the blog generally are those with whom I agree politically.<\/p>\n

I intend to keep firing off these missives and musings for as long as I have most of my marbles. There are times when I’m a bit slow on the uptake, but I don’t think the butter has slipped off my noodle just yet.<\/p>\n

I retired from full-time print journalism in August 2012. I kept my head in “the game” through some part-time work. I wrote feature stories for Panhandle PBS and NewsChannel 10 websites in Amarillo; I helped produce the weekly Quay County Sun in Tucumcari, N.M. They kept me active and engaged in the community I have called home for the past 23 years.<\/p>\n

Some new digs and new experiences await my wife and me. Toby the Puppy will be just fine as long as we’re nearby.<\/p>\n

One element of constancy remains intact. High Plains Blogger is here to stay for as long as I’ve got my wits about me.<\/p>\n

It’s what I do.<\/p>\n\n

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I feel the need to repeat this one more time. I’ll type it slowly. So … read verrry carefully. I intend to keep writing this blog until I no longer am able. This restatement comes in the wake of some interesting responses to an earlier post that went out on High Plains Blogger. I wrote … Continue reading The blog isn’t going away<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[2122,7732,3920,4668],"class_list":["post-29490","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-local-news","tag-high-plains-blogger","tag-norh-texas","tag-retirement","tag-texas-panhandle"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29490","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=29490"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29490\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":29491,"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29490\/revisions\/29491"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=29490"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=29490"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=29490"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}