In Defense of My Blog

Dear Readers,

Yesterday I received a comment from “Golden” who was wondering about the focus of my blog. That was a good question. I began this blog with two or three thoughts in mind. I welcomed the opportunity to expand my techie know-how, remembering with pleasure how five or six (seven?) years ago when I found out about the pleasures of html. [You x-wing butterflies know quite well what I’m talking about—the rest of you can only surmise. But they were fun days.]

I felt, too, that I might find an outlet for some creative endeavors. But I have been reluctant to post any of my poems because the blog format does not seem to be the best place for them. Blogs are immediate and transitory, two things I hope my poems are not. [Friends who are poets and know me from other venues: resist the impulse to say “What poems?” I’m a very slow writer.]

However, I have recently come across a blog called Illustration Friday which does seem to offer me some opportunity for creative expression. Penelope Dullaghan of I.F. offers artists the chance to make something each week and link it to her site. I’ve had great fun doing that.  “Wisdom,” “Empty,” “Aging,” “Tranquility,” and “Karma” are concepts she has offered to us. It’s great practice. Any kind of illustration is acceptable but I use the Microsoft paint program. Who knows, I may branch out.

I guess my blog can also be classed as a “personal journal” sort of thing as it does offer some glimpses into my life, but I don’t get too personal. I’ve heard of cases where people lost their friends, their jobs, their reputations because they were indiscreet in their blogs. Yikes!

A blog of my own.  The title came of course from Virginia Wolfe who said a woman must have money and a room of her own if she wanted to write. This blog is my room. Maybe the blog seems all over the place right now (unfocused). I have no "agenda." In a year or two, or three (!) my categories will have greater numbers of entries and a pattern I like may emerge. I’m not in a hurry.

This entry will go into the category “Letters.”

Carol

Comments

[lyn]

Nice post. Enjoyed reading your thoughts. Look forward to reading more. Please visit both my blogs...vintage family pic w/a bit of paint & the kitties blog The Whippy Curly Tails =^..^=