This whole world of blogging boggles me because it is as though you "think" you have an audience and yet you are still really only writing for yourself. If you actually want readers you have to solicit them and well...for me...that just feels plain weird sometimes!
And so I wonder...is there a way to make this blogging more meaningful to me so that it is something that I can and will actually keep up with? And an even better question is whether or not I even want to!!
My goal for this blog has been a holding place of the things I write about that I don't think I want to get rid of or there is just something I like about it!! That said, I have followed other people's blogs, but mostly as a way to stay in touch with them without really even being in touch. My sister and my niece come to mind. They are part of my morning ritual when I sit at the almighty glowing screen each morning with my cup of coffee. I check my e-mail, my nings, the day's weather, the local paper and The New York Times and then these two blogs. Just all a part of the plan. And yes, of course, as of late Facebook has also made its way into the mix!! The problem is that the more things I find on line the more coffee I find that I need!! Perhaps I it is time to streamline my morning ritual and find a way to get the information I want and need without taking a good two cups of coffee to do it. And yet, it is a very nice waking up thing for me!! What used to be the paper is now just a conglomeration of wonderful and not so wonderful things to read!! Of course then there is this new site I have found called Stumble Upon that one of of my students told me about. Can you say addictive time sucker? C'mon I know you can!!
But I limit my time on stumble!! The thing is that I always seem to find something there that I just have to send to someone else and for me that still takes time!! And so as I try to figure out my place in this techno saavy world I realize it is all around me all of the time and I am as hooked up as anyone else!! And in some ways I like that.
But of course then there are the times when my morning ritual leaves me flat and wanting more. This is especially true if my sister and my niece have not blogged, none of my students have ninged and well...there is virtually nothing interesting on Facebook. That is when I look for more, more, more and with that thought perhaps I will just post this and then I will be able to say that I had something to today and not last Thanksgiving!! Sheesh!!
Just Thinking....
