Wednesday, February 26, 2014

Both Sides Now




The first of the week has been a bit of a pile up. One day I was down in bed and the next was just catching up getting to my meetings and Wellness. I let things go in the electronic arena go—I kind of fell off the grid and you know what? Being off was not half bad. I don't know if I have the will. Strength or desire to leave to go completely “dark” but it has been fun thinking about.

I really like social media nut I don't need social media. I use Face Book most, the Twitter then a couple of others. I like keeping up with lost friends of my youth—I have often wondered if I am using FB et al as “fountain of youth” trying to convince I was popular at a time when I was not all that popular. Even now social media is still just a few of the old folks, the most popular still eludes the main groups by not using social media at all are, all have established private net works. History is doomed to repeat itself.

I like the blog but not really from a social aspect, however I do enjoy feedback from folk who read my posts. Again my whole idea of getting into blogging was to have a venue where I could write, and have to write, on a regular basis and not have to jump through a lot of hoops to be out in public. The draw back is how few people “tune in” or leave comments but really that is OK too...it's not for me it by me . I write and if nothing else the blog is a record of my writing frequency. Sadly the blog may be my only long term attempt of writing. I am currently working on my second thousand posts—which not matter how I look at the number the number is huge. Most post are 500 words are more which is about a page typed—so, if wrote even a fraction of this number on one focused topic I would have a real book written –I would be a real writer.

I have the bits of technology attached to my blogs which allow have some grasp of how many and where visitors to my blog there are and where them come from i.e. Asia, Europe and beyond.

The blog is safe and lets me write, post the blogs out on the Internet for the public giving me cred for doing something with the written word if anyone were ever to really check the blog out. I must admit I HAVE BEEN CHECKED OUT by folks from other continents and they have even left comments—these have made my day. But I am happy at those family member who follow and leave comments, and I am surprised at who some have been.

The blog is proof to anyone in the social network universe that I am more then just a pretty face on FB and Twitter—I have a real house of words with rooms and rooms to explore and surprising few redundancies even illustrated here and there with scenes from my life.

No, I don't foresee going dark anytime soon—I like being recognized and remembered for who I was and for who I seem to have turned out to be.


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