I spent part of Saturday morning freshening up the look and feel of my blogging website Strachan.blog . By reading this prose, a cosmetic change you are now party to.
Is it any better? Well, I think so; but hey I am biased, so I’ll let you make your own mind up… Oh, you already have. What’s that? Although you think it is less ‘busy’ it requires further widget functionality… And no, I don’t know what that means either!
Seriously, though, I made the decision to change the website look as, after a year without update, it badly needed a refresh. Me concluding there were metaphorical cobwebs on each post and menu page; detritus ousted by a figurative squirt of Mr Sheen polish and dust.
Lots of people have commented how impressed they are I have the wherewithal to setup and maintain my own website. Why only yesterday afternoon somebody felt moved to text me “You’re so clever to be able to set-up and maintain your own website, Gary!… Oh, and can I borrow £500 until payday please, buddy?”
If truth be told, though, creating a website and administering the domain isn’t that difficult. Even an idiot can co it!… I will let you write your own punchline for that observation.
A big lover of horses, my partner Sarah, suggested I update my site with a strong equine influence. An observation leading me to enquire “Why? Are you thinking of writing some horsey prose for me to include within my journals?”
Upon her response of “No!”, along with the fact I know f*** all about horses, other than they lose me a shit load of cash at race meetings, I rejected the Ossett lass’ suggestion out of hand.
Being a keen equestrian since childhood, Sarah never shuts up about horses. An obsession leading to owning t-shirts like, ‘You can lead a horse to water, but not until I’ve had a vape’; ‘I am a Nag’; and ‘Unlike my fella, my horse can have his oats’… Before proceeding, I’d like to clarify the final quote refers to equine food!!… Phew, that saved a terse email, or two.
Seriously, again, as I write about a whole raft of topics, it is not possible to accurately target a single subject for the website theme. Hence, the landing page header photo is a cropped picture of a few self-published books containing my blogs.
The fiction based on fact journals gracing this site contain a wide spectrum of topics. Among them, whimsical tales from years of playing club cricket, memories from my Gateshead childhood, family yarns, my love of Leeds United and mental health battles. Along with stories of a forgetful singer of my acquaintance who replaced lyrics he could not recall with the word Sainsburys.
The latter revelations telling of this person’s medley of mis-sung refrains like Wham’s ‘Wake Me Up Before You Go To Sainsburys’; Elton John’s ‘Sainsburys Seems To Be The Hardest Word’; and Oasis’s ‘What’s The Story Sainsburys’.
Dressed in her jockey silks, upon witnessing the finished website theme for the first time Sarah gave a flirtatious smile and a thumbs up. A gesture not borne from appreciating my creative efforts; no, she was attempting to hitchhike a lift as her car had broken down. God, I really have followed an absurd path with the fictious elements in today’s blog.
Incidentally, to clarify, Sarah does love horses. However she would never go as far as wearing jockey silks… Oh, hold on a minute!!
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