I’m afraid this is an off and on blog. Many people have told me that I cannot do a blog this way. I will lose my audience. And I probably have, but I have come to realize that this blog is more than simply a search for an audience. It is a way of keeping track and so if you (whoever you are) like reading this blog, please do not give up on me. I suggest that you either sign up to be notified when I post, or just check in every once in a while to see what is up. When I am at home (as I am for the next two and a half weeks) I blog regularly early in the morning. When I am on the road, it is a little more problematic, since sometimes I do not even have access to the internet. But the next trip is to Montana where I will have internet and much to say. And I am also stockpiling. So there more to come.
In any case, I am about to break down and buy an iphone. I made this decision finally last Saturday as I sat on the L train into Brooklyn, having already mistakenly taken the D, the K (I think), and the A, all in search of the M, which was not running on the holiday weekend. I couldn't get good information about where to go; I couldn't communicate with the people I was trying to reach. I finally had to ask a hip looking young man with head phones to use his little screen to try to find out what route I could take. He was more than willing to help, but the screen was wrong and so I went barreling off across Brooklyn in the wrong direction. In the end a conductor (a real human being) helped me find the J which took me to my stop, only 40 minutes late.
Back on my blue and green summer porch yesterday afternoon, I thought about these different roles I am playing these days. Intermittent blogger, itinerant teacher, occasional gardener, dormant artist, persistent writer, part time New Yorker, and, of course, parent, grandparent, and friend. More on the teacher part in the next post.
Again I say...this is your blog and yours to say how, what, and when you blog. This comes from an off and on blog reader.
Posted by: Allen | July 20, 2011 at 08:38 AM