The Pickled Cucumber

I’m Joshua Rigsby

I like to write about writing, parenting, 19th century tea clipper races, and pickles. Read on.

ABOUT PICKLES

Why Pickles, & also Why Blog at All?

A fair question. I’m not really sure the answer. I like the backhanded tautology of it. A pickled cucumber is just a pickle. Not that deep. Just mildly funny. I’m not sure what to tell you.

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Why Pickles, and also, Why Blog at All?

Joshua Rigsby

January 6, 2025

I can hear you asking. I can hear the incredulity whirring behind your crinkled eyebrows. Why, exactly, would someone restart a blog? A blog? A web-log? You say. Seems a […] Continue Reading →
America Did Not Win The Space Race

Joshua Rigsby

May 30, 2014

I love space. The untamedness of it. The danger. It is the definition of bigness. It lends us perspective and can make us afraid. It is the final frontier. Actually… […] Continue Reading →
Happiness is Bunk

Joshua Rigsby

May 15, 2014

Sometimes while sipping a tonic of cynicism I wonder if our notion of happiness is just a marketing campaign dreamt up to sell laundry detergent and tickets to a certain […] Continue Reading →
How to Handle a Bad Review: Part 3 (When They’re Right)

Joshua Rigsby

May 8, 2014

People will tell you that your writing sucks. Sometimes those people will be right. Two previous posts have talked about what to do when the reviewer is clearly suffering from […] Continue Reading →
How to Handle a Bad Review: Pt. 2 (When You Don’t Know Who’s Right)

Joshua Rigsby

April 3, 2014

Last week I wrote about how to respond when someone gives your writing a bad review for reasons that have nothing to do with the quality of your work. Basically, […] Continue Reading →