Welcome to Blaugust
Friday, August 1, 2025Blaugust 2025 is here! This means I'll be posting[1] more during August, and reading/sharing posts of other Blaugustians. If you're interested in joining, there's still time. Head over here to sign up.
Blaugust typically begins with an introduction, so here we go.
I'm a maths teacher from England. I have two boys, aged three and one-this-month. I like games, reading, vegan cooking, computers, and cryptic crosswords, but also post about political stuff as well. Probably at least some of these will show up during Blaugust in some form. I started blogging[2] toward the end of 2023 at a different domain name, but switched to thetangent.space earlier this year. This is my second Blaugust (last year's posts are here).
Why do I Blaugust? Several reasons:
- I enjoy the challenge
- The community is very friendly
- Excuse to experiment a bit
- Builds confidence and momentum in writing
Due to family commitments, I'm aiming for 15 posts or so. I have a rough plan of what I'll be posting, including
- my usual digests
- personal life reflections
- photoblogging my holiday
- some stuff relating to hobbies
- probably politics
- maybe poetry??
I also might build out some new pages on the site while I'm here. There's definitely more I want to do with this site, but it's finding the time and motivation to do it. I'll have more to say about that later.
Anyway, I'll keep this introductory post brief. Hope you enjoy it and will stick around for the full month. As always, I'm reachable via email or on fedi, and I'll be happy to chat about pretty much anything.