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 →
8 Things You Might Not Know About the Berlin Wall

Joshua Rigsby

February 14, 2014

I’m researching Berlin in the 1980’s for an upcoming writing project. Many people who grew up after the collapse of the USSR (like myself) are only vaguely aware of the Continue Reading →
11 Basic Tips for Writing a Press Release

Joshua Rigsby

January 16, 2014

Writing a press release can be intimidating. Google is choked with suggestions on PR templates, formats, press release services, and distribution companies. How are you supposed to know what to Continue Reading →
Obligatory New Year’s Post: 2015 Edition

Joshua Rigsby

January 7, 2014

At the beginning of last year I wrote a post about how it seems like everyone has an inexplicably strong set of feelings about New Year’s Resolutions. Not much has Continue Reading →
Obligatory New Year’s Post: 2014

Joshua Rigsby

January 6, 2014

If you own or operate a blog in the English-speaking world it’s required by law of all Current & Former Members of the British Empire that you compose a post Continue Reading →