A blog about a blog about me

When I first started this blog I had a very specific purpose which was to update those who supported my participation in a 5k.  Here and there I added bits about my life, but it never really went anywhere. However, the desire to write more has lingered.

The question is: why?  Do I feel that my voice needs to be heard, or that I need others to hear my voice?  What does anyone who starts a blog really hope for?  Sponsors and millions of hits so one can make a living in their pj’s?  Or something simpler, like wanting to reach out and communicate with others who share our passions?. There is much debate about how much technology has stifled  in-person contact. Email instead of a phone call or a hand-written note, shopping amazon instead of at the mall,  virtual gaming and dating…the list goes on. And texting!  Don’t get me started.  (love Qwerty!!) But blogging, well it brings together people you would otherwise have never met!  Your world has been expanded to billions of people. Martha Stewart just did a whole show about blogging and it was fascinating.  There are so many talented and interesting people that I can learn from  because of their blogs. Totally amazing.  (just hopefully not at the expense of losing ‘real’ contact with family and friends)

The blogs I read are bout all sorts of things: travel, dieting, politics, parenting, decorating, TV, books and of course food- and sometimes this is all from one person!   Back to my little corner of the blogsphere: I guess that is what I am after. Maybe I’ll get super-organized and do a topic a day, but more than likely it’ll just be what is running through my mind at 10 PM.  I hope to find some ‘kindred’ spirits out there!

If you blog, tell me why!

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