We’ll conclude with the originally planned purpose of this column … which was to note the milestone that June 11 (Tuesday) represents. It was on this day exactly one year ago that I wrote this as an introduction to my decision to dive into the world of Substack. And I have to say, it may well be the best move I’ve made in “work” terms in quite some time (I put “work” in quotation marks because, quite frankly, posting in this space has felt like the farthest thing from a job for me. It truly is the proverbial labour of love).
Have to say it truly is hard to believe that I’ve been at this for a full year now. I entered it with the lowest of expectations about how many people might find me here and at this point, it must be said that I’ve been overwhelmed by the response. The number of subscribers here continues to grow with each passing week, and so does my gratitude for each and every one of you who have chosen to join me on the crazy little ride. It is beyond gratifying, to say the least.
When I came up with the name for this space, I did it with the thought that I’d leave it open for me to write about any topic (although clearly, it would be sports driven. It’s been my writing career for literally decades, after all). But it became obvious early on that the sport I’ve covered for more than 30 years is the one that people want to read about the most. And so that’s why you’ll see more figure skating columns here than anything else. As the old saying goes, the people have spoken. And what you want most of all, you’ll get here.
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