Blogging and Bloggers

A friend introduced me to blogging, he was going on holiday for a couple of weeks, and invited me to "guest blog" in his absence one summer.  While I was at it, I posted the first few posts on the Adventures of Travel Penguin, and here I am years later, and I have to admit it, I am rather addicted to my daily blog.  I read about a dozen blogs each morning, commenting on 4 or 5 of them, a handful of other blogs draw a few comments a year. There are 3 or 4 other blogs I look at once a week, and another half dozen that I look at once a month or so.  I dropped a couple of blogs this year - there is only so much moaning I can tolerate.  

Over the years we have met some wonderful people through blogging.  Dr. Spo, Anne Marie and Todd, Ron, Fearsome, and Mitchel who are all still blogging. Woodchuck, Secret Squirrel, and Harpers Other Keeper, who are still in our lives, even if no longer blogging.  There are more bloggers to meet in person, if the stars align on schedule, we will buy John Gray dinner in March, and I need to buy the Mistress a gin or three at some point this next year.  If you are ever in the DC area, I love to meet people for breakfast or lunch.  

Most of my postings are written ahead of time, edited and scheduled for posting (most post at midnight eastern standard time.) I occasionally mess up and post live, something I was planning for later, sometimes I leave them up.  A few times a year, breaking news leads to an instant post.  

Blogging has improved my writing, forcing me to be creative or at least less boring on a regular basis.  Blogging gives me an outlet to share the photos that I take, I have a couple of sister blogs that are almost all photos and very little text, but those are seldom updated.  I tried a city daily photo blog, with working full time, it was a grind to create content, and it was never recognized by the network of city daily photos.  Perhaps as I approach retirement, I will work on that again.  

Thank you all for being a part of our blog family.  I enjoy what you post, love when you comment on my blog.  I know far more people read than comment, but that is perfectly normal.  Leave a comment, I don't bite, and I seldom delete comments. 

Thanks for another great blog year.