random thoughts on blogging

Somewhere on the web.. during one of my search sessions.. i found a site (of course for the life of me i can't find it again.. and yes Sir !! i should have bookmarked it) that was discussing the origin of blogging......... from what i remember the author was annoyed that blogs had been morphed into journals or online diaries. According to him, originally blogs were logs of online websites or information sites etc.. they had little if anything to do with personal thoughts/feelings/philosophies. i, for one, am very glad that blogging has developed into online journaling or diaries.... i think i would find blogs that only set out links to other websites or information sites boring.

In a lot of ways many aspects of my life have always been recorded.. from the photo albums that recorded births.. family members.. holidays and celebrations.. to recipe binders with family recipes - always with notations of who they came from.. when it was made - for what occasion...grandma's shortbread.. Miss B's maionnaise... Olive's birthday cake.... to calendars with appointments.. achievements.. celebrations.. deaths all recorded and never thrown away.. they are taken down on January 1st and stored away... (something for this clean freak who throws more out than she keeps) In my office at work i have a collage of pictures of children on one of my bulletin boards... sweet children playing.. working.. cuddling... innocent pictures.. when i moved my office this year.. those pictures were lovingly and carefully taken down and moved to the new space... a bit more dog earred.. a bit more faded but they have to follow me..... those pictures are a little bit of my mom... they were originally a calendar and on the reverse side of those pictures are recorded the last months of my mother's life.. from bridge games to golf lessons.. to chemo and radiation appointments..

And so i guess it was just a natural progression that i would move to here.. to online blogging... Sometimes it is difficult to write what is in my heart.. sometimes i have one eye on those who come to read (like my eldest daughter who is just investigating this lifestyle and finding out how it may or may not fit her) ...... and i worry about disclosing too much - sometimes.... but i am nothing if not honest.. and so i write from the heart... whatever i find in there at the time........

And i have my counter that has taught me so much......... like i wondered if anyone came to read.. which is why i added the counter in the first place... and of course i was floored at the number who come each day.......... i have learned from my counter that Saturday through Monday are the quietest days.. family times i guess.. when folks don't have the time to read blogs by the dozen...... and Thursdays at 7am are my busiest time for visitors..... i have toyed with the idea of only writing on Wednesday through Friday.... but i don't think that will happen any time soon........... cause the words call to me.. and i find my fingers flying across the keys... and another blog entry is created.....