I began blogging one afternoon when frightened with the prospect of returning to the work world. Attracted many in the same boat. As my audience has grown, so has my knowledge of the world as I find my interests and writings have changed to encompass more than just the world of the midlife jobhunter. My readers have stuck with me as I cover everything from growing tomatoes, defending clothesline poles, advocating crappy housekeeping, enjoying good books and written prose, to the fear of the unknown as I age and my almost grown children move on to their next adventures. A perfect venue to practice my writing while I live life. Also to understand myself through the words that show up on my posts. Always insightful. More important, I’ve discovered the lives of many, throughout the world. Their artwork, their travels, their daily life, their needs and wants and joys. I balked and didn’t understand the point of blogs for years. Never thought I’d find this venue so rewarding.

“Let me just do a little blog in my spare time” is the same as “let me just write some magazine articles in my spare time while I’m working on my novel.” I used to get the latter query all the time.

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