Gwen asks: Project. What did you start this year that you’re proud of? Wow – a question with an easy answer! When I retired from teaching a couple of years ago I determined to start a blog and a web page. It took a little while because first, I had to get into the rhythm of retirement. If you asked me to explain that to you, there’d be no good answer. I suppose I just had to be retired long enough to – -to — to what? My days never seem to have any predictability about them. I am NOT good at schedules but I am good at late nights. As long as I’m home. I suppose enough time had to pass while stuff muddled around in there. There meaning my head.
Then too, it helps that I have a son-in-law who constructs web pages. So I have the blog. You’re reading it. I have an index page, photography tutorials, short stories, travel journals, stuff about me. And I have the web page. With my photos and art. I was hoping to sell something but that was a pipe dream – after all, photographs are a dime a dozen, everyone has a blog.
Now I’m left with the bigger question. I have the web page and the blog and I’m proud of them. I fulfilled a promise to myself. But why? Why does it matter if I have a blog? Everyone has a blog. Everyone has photography tutorials. Am I imparting wisdom that will make a difference to people? Is there worth in me putting myself out there? Why should anyone care. Am I playing into the narcissistic trend? I have a feeling, not unlike the Black Eyed Peas i suppose, that it’s going to be a good year, but during the next year my blog will disappear and become a journal again. A private journal. To help me wrestle with life issues and find my way to growth. We’ll see. I’ve been mulling this over for a while, unless I get a clear indication of where this is going, it’s going to change direction.
