Confessions of a Conflicted Blogger

Illustration by Jon Han

The New Yorker has produced a wonderful 100th Anniversary Issue. I want to blog about it. I suppose I could do it here on The Driftwood Almanac. But doesn’t it make more sense to celebrate The New Yorker right at my old home – The New Yorker & Me? I think so. 

It's been only eight days since I published my “Last Post” on The New Yorker & Me. But already I’m having second, third, and fourth thoughts. Politics triggered the stoppage. I’m a Canadian. Trump’s tariff war and his musings about making Canada the 51st State infuriate me. Nevertheless, I now see that allowing politics to interfere with literary pleasure is crazy.

The New Yorker & Me has been a labor of love for fifteen years. Do I want to let it go just because of Trump? I don't think so. There’s plenty of life left in The New Yorker & Me. I’m going to resume writing it. 

The Driftwood Almanac has potential, I think. I’ll put it on hold for now. I’ll re-post the note on Svetlana Alpers to The New Yorker & Me. I apologize for the inconsistency over the last eight days. I think I’ve got it together now. The path is clear. The New Yorker & Me lives on.