Blogging Up is Hard To Do

A friend of mine recently told me that Facebook has destroyed the blogosphere... That a short paragraph, a picture posted, a little thumb pointed up... It's all that most people feel the need to express, and it satisfies their need to reach beyond their living room.

I hate Facebook.  People want to be my Facebook friend and I don't even know them.  I never turn down "friend" requests - that would be unforgivably rude - but I almost never go to the site. 

But I digress.

I have noticed a decrease in general traffic in the blogging world along with a decrease in blogging among my blogger friends.  This change was concurrent with my own loss of interest in Malott's Blog. 

I now look upon a body of work that stretches back to 2005, some of which I'm very proud of.  But when I read what I used to post compared to what I write now... I sometimes feel that I shot my wad a long time ago.  And, with a shrinking audience, the desire to express my thoughts has waned.

But for now, I'll keep posting from time to time...

Blogging sometimes provides a relief denied even to prayer.
(Apologies to Mark Twain...)

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