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<channel><title><![CDATA[MY SITE - Blog]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.marktgoodman.com/blog]]></link><description><![CDATA[Blog]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 05 Apr 2026 05:48:54 -0800</pubDate><generator>Weebly</generator><item><title><![CDATA[Pressing Pause]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.marktgoodman.com/blog/pressing-pause]]></link><comments><![CDATA[http://www.marktgoodman.com/blog/pressing-pause#comments]]></comments><pubDate>Tue, 29 Jul 2025 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.marktgoodman.com/blog/pressing-pause</guid><description><![CDATA[A paragraph from my very first post (2015) reads &hellip;   	 		 			 				 					 						     					 								 					 						  As I launch this blog, I must confess that I delayed for some time.&nbsp; I prefer sharing my thoughts verbally or through the medium of a 0.5mm Pentel P205.&nbsp; Three cheers for pencils.&nbsp; That said, I realize that not all who read this blog will visit Alaska and my pencil marks fade.&nbsp;&nbsp;   					 							 		 	   Ten years later, I&rsquo;m still using a pencil. It& [...] ]]></description><content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class="paragraph" style="text-align:left;">A paragraph from my very first post (2015) reads &hellip;</div>  <div><div class="wsite-multicol"><div class="wsite-multicol-table-wrap" style="margin:0 -15px;"> 	<table class="wsite-multicol-table"> 		<tbody class="wsite-multicol-tbody"> 			<tr class="wsite-multicol-tr"> 				<td class="wsite-multicol-col" style="width:7.8587699316629%; padding:0 15px;"> 					 						  <div class="wsite-spacer" style="height:50px;"></div>   					 				</td>				<td class="wsite-multicol-col" style="width:92.141230068337%; padding:0 15px;"> 					 						  <div class="paragraph" style="text-align:left;"><em><font color="#8d5024">As I launch this blog, I must confess that I delayed for some time.&nbsp; I prefer sharing my thoughts verbally or through the medium of a 0.5mm Pentel P205.&nbsp; Three cheers for pencils.&nbsp; That said, I realize that not all who read this blog will visit Alaska and my pencil marks fade.&nbsp;&nbsp;</font></em><br></div>   					 				</td>			</tr> 		</tbody> 	</table> </div></div></div>  <div class="paragraph" style="text-align:left;">Ten years later, I&rsquo;m still using a pencil. It&rsquo;s possible that it&rsquo;s the exact same Pentel that I held in my hands back in 2015. But, if not, it&rsquo;s an identical twin.<br />&nbsp;<br />Posting for a decade has been mostly joy. As a person who enjoys words and expression, blogging makes sense. I used the word &ldquo;mostly&rdquo; for perhaps an obvious reason. Like any endeavor in life, blogging is not always joy. Sometimes, blogging is the awareness that Tuesday is coming and I&rsquo;ve <em>&ldquo;got nothing.&rdquo;</em> Other times, blogging is questioning if the work is worth it. More recently, blogging has been a time to consider a change. After all &ndash; everyday, ordinary lives do not stay the same.<br></div>  <span class='imgPusher' style='float:right;height:0px'></span><span style='display: table;width:auto;position:relative;float:right;max-width:100%;;clear:right;margin-top:0px;*margin-top:0px'><a><img src="http://www.marktgoodman.com/uploads/1/3/0/9/130929147/published/pause-button.png?1751500000" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 10px; margin-right: 10px; border-width:1px;padding:3px; max-width:100%" alt="Picture" class="galleryImageBorderBlack wsite-image" /></a><span style="display: table-caption; caption-side: bottom; font-size: 90%; margin-top: -0px; margin-bottom: 0px; text-align: center;" class="wsite-caption"></span></span> <div class="paragraph" style="text-align:left;display:block;">With those thoughts in mind, I believe that today is a good day for a change. Today, I press pause on weekly posting.<br />&nbsp;<br />My Pentels will continue to mark pages and serve as tools for communication. And, at a yet unknown frequency, will write other posts. But, for now, they will take a Sabbath on Tuesdays.<br />&nbsp;<br />Thank you for reading each week. Until next time, continue to live the Ordinary.<br></div> <hr style="width:100%;clear:both;visibility:hidden;"></hr>  <div><div class="wsite-multicol"><div class="wsite-multicol-table-wrap" style="margin:0 -15px;"> 	<table class="wsite-multicol-table"> 		<tbody class="wsite-multicol-tbody"> 			<tr class="wsite-multicol-tr"> 				<td class="wsite-multicol-col" style="width:8.8838268792711%; padding:0 15px;"> 					 						  <div class="wsite-spacer" style="height:50px;"></div>   					 				</td>				<td class="wsite-multicol-col" style="width:91.116173120729%; padding:0 15px;"> 					 						  <div class="paragraph" style="text-align:left;"><u>Romans 12:1</u> (MSG)<br /><em>So here&rsquo;s what I want you to do, God helping you: Take your everyday, ordinary life&mdash;your sleeping, eating, going-to-work, and walking-around life&mdash;and place it before God as an offering.</em><br></div>   					 				</td>			</tr> 		</tbody> 	</table> </div></div></div>  <div class="paragraph">#ordinarylives<br></div>]]></content:encoded></item></channel></rss>