Blogging

 

 

Continuing with March questions......... 

Willie asked:

I have a question for March- You said on Windy's blog that you didn't start blogging to make friends. What was it that had you drawn to blogging? Has your purpose for blogging changed over the years?

 
This question really made me stop and think...... and made me look honestly at my blogging...... 

If you take a peak over on the right side - my list of blog entries by year - you'll see I started blogging back in 2005.  I don't remember how I found BDSM blogs on line - BUT I do remember which ones I first read - "Under his hand" (remember Tess?) .. and then there was the "Heron Clan" (remember swan and Tom and their poly relationship?) and there was Lisa's blog - for the life of me I can't remember what her original blog was - but her current one is Purple Alligator.   I read them every single day -- watched for them and fussed if they didn't post.  Blogging didn't seem so strange to me - the one who received her first diary at the age of 10 and in the following years filled notebooks with daily entries.  

What was strange and new to me was writing on line and having anyone come and read it... wasn't sure I liked that idea.  BUT I could write about BDSM - my "journey" into the community - and self discovery.  I was in a D/s relationship at the time and asked and was given permission to start my blog.  Originally I only wrote about BDSM - spankings and service and toys and pain and clubs ......... I corresponded with Tess and swan and lisa... I never thought of it as forming friendships.. but I guess in a lot of ways I was........  There was a humorous episode that involved toothpicks and ass cracks and Tess and her Master and my Dom and I became embroiled in.  We thought it was just between us...... it was more joke than anything else -- but then it turned out that folks from all over had read about it (either on her blog or on mine) and the challenge started going around the states and one or two countries in Europe.  BOY did we have a good laugh!!  (but it also showed me how folks interpret what they read on line)

Those first few years The Journey was only about BDSM - there was little talk about real life ........... until I got sick... very sick ... and my then Sir reported on here about my health......  I used to really struggle about writing about something other than BDSM on here... but the truth of the matter is......... life is about more than BDSM... and if this was going to be an authentic telling of my life then it had to be about all facets of life.   For a while there was NO BDSM in my life and I didn't know if there ever would be again.  My readers came and commented - they encouraged me to write... about anything and everything.......... and so I did........ and now truthfully The Continued Journey is about life... with all it's warts and joys... 

I like to think my purpose in blogging has changed vastly....... I used to think I knew so much about BDSM -- after all - back in the day I was very involved in the local community and in communities across the border.  I ran a submissive group in real life ... I went to 'conventions' .... and then when I was with the 'two Sirs" I often participated in demos.

I was asked just recently about the visitors to my blog.... and I answered honestly that I didn't know where they came from and that I honestly didn't care.  IF people come and read - they come and read.  If they don't ... shrug.. they don't.  I honestly write what pops into my head on any day.  The hardest thing about writing is folks misunderstanding what I write........ eg - I'll write something tongue in cheek and folks take it very seriously.  (even IF I announce it is a tongue in cheek entry)  BUT I am learning to 'just let it go"

Now i think i have handled your question willie - if there's something I missed just let me know :)