If you would have told me a couple of months ago that I would start a blog, I would have called you insane, a liar, or something even worse. But things can change in life.
After my contract as boating coordinator for one of the local rowing clubs along the
Well, I wish I could say that there was a heap of newspapers and magazines in line begging me to write for them about rowing - but there is not. If it had not been that Per Ekström, the Editor-in-Chief for the Swedish rowing magazine Svensk Rodd, is a very dear friend of mine, I would probably not be asked to contribute to that quarterly publication either.
And let us face it, how many rowing periodicals are there around these days? There is the Rowing News (formerly Independent Rowing News) in
For a couple of years, I had some small articles and reviews on rowing books published in the beautiful Maritime Life and Traditions, which was a magnificent American/British magazine that ceased to be in 2006. Before that I had been a regular contributor for a newspaper in
By the way, that paper also went down the pipes. I sincerely hope that these publications’ failings had nothing to do with my writing…
So, when I had not been writing for a week or two, and got rather grumpy, my dear wife, who is a blogger par excellence, gave me the idea that I would maybe like to start a blog on rowing history, and well, here I am blogging away, although, I should know better…
You'll get the hang of it!
ReplyDeleteTack Göran, hedersledamot. Detta vara vad vi behövde. Kul att se roddfilmer på tuben. De var en nyhet för mej.
ReplyDeleteHälsningar, Bertil. Nyss avgången ordförande för SRF.
Welcome to blogging Goran. I'm glad you've come over to the 'dark side'. You'll love it. I'm loving your posts!
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