Over
the weekend I was reading through my ancient blog archives (Kiwifruit is a whole five years old
in September but I began blogging in June'03, so I've been at this blogging lark for almost six years.
Does this make me middle-aged in the world of blogging?) and I couldn't help
but think to myself, Carrie Bradshaw style, fingertips poised over my laptop, head
tilted to the side: If I ever kicked the bucket my family can just hand this
URL out and there it would be - an online autobiography: Fi woz 'ere.
I also
thought to myself how awesome it was that there's a lot of commenters from way
back then that I still connect with. Some still blog, albeit less frequently as
they did back then (humph!) but many have abandoned blogging for the glories of
Facebook and/or Twitter. One has gone on to choose Flickr alone, and has a
dedicated presence there, with friends galore and comments trailing down the
page (oh I wish I could Flickr like Barb does!).
And there is one blogfriend who has
blogged consistently for almost as long as I have, and as far as I know he hasn't
bothered with Facebook or Twitter. Hi Rob!
And
there's others who have dropped off the face of the www. completely. For months,
even years at a time we communicated, and then after a while there was a general fading
away of posting by each of them, one by one, and then nothing. Some of these
blogfriends I miss and wish they were still in my cyberlife. Others? Nah, not
so much.
But still, I love my blog the best, and even if I end up just connecting through other means and my visitors and comments dwindle to zilch, I think I will keep on writing this online autobiography of mine. I hope I will, because as great as it was being able to read the thoughts and anecdotes and recollections of the thirty four year-old me five years on, imagine how wonderful it will be in twenty or thirty years time?
That's how I feel too! My blog is the longest I've ever managed to keep a diary of any sort and even though I'm not finding much to say at the moment, I love having it, still.
I started at about the same time as you and I can't think of a single reason I still do it except for the chronicling. I am ever so glad to not be the only "middle aged" blogger out here. :)
CrabAppleLane Rob
Thanks so much for the mention. Life has taken a crazy busy turn this past year and it seemed the easy way out to post photos on flickr with a quick description. I do miss my blogging times and have just recently thought I might get back into it. I think of you so often and I'm always thrilled to see your fabulous photos on flickr.
Cheers and oxox Barb
I started blogging in the spring of 2003 and I haven't thought about quitting once. I do go through phases where it's really hard to write, and I've changed my blog address several times - but I can't see myself completely quitting this.