Connected Lives (Part Three)
This past week, I was contacted by a reporter from the Stockton Record. She interviewed me for an upcoming story about women here in California’s Central Valley who blog. She has also spoken with women in nearby Modesto and Stockton.
Among the questions she asked me: “How did you get started blogging? Why do you blog?” My colleagues at Write Stuff and I have an ongoing dialogue about the “why” of blogging. In recent days, I’ve found myself considering that question again, but not only because of that interview.
The New York Times recently examined the plight of professional bloggers, reporting that two have died in the past few months and a third survived a December 2007 heart attack.
Is blogging for a living a new source of work-related maladies and associated claims for medical and other benefits?
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Friday’s Feast Special Edition
The questions this week are courtesy of Stone Girl at Musings of a Cynical Optimist.
Appetizer
What is your favourite vacation spot in the United States?
It might be a place I haven’t gone yet! Odds are it has a beach and I’m longing to return to Hawaii, but also have a long list of places I haven’t yet visited, but intend to, including Alaska.
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1. I love springtime in Northern California.
2. Cranberry scones and cinnamon-raisin bagels are foods I love to eat for breakfast.
3. It seems I’m always searching for evidence — it’s an occupational hazard.
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Connected Lives (Part Two)
Last night over dinner, one of my oldest and dearest friends mentioned that she had spent some time yesterday writing a letter to her daughter who is attending college in the Midwest. She explained that she had found a beautiful card and decided to send it, accompanied by a letter.
I email regularly with her daughter, as does she, so I was intrigued.
“Really?” I said with surprise. “You sent her a snail mail?”
“Yes,” she responded enthusiastically. “I want her to receive mail. You know . . . good, old fashioned mail. A letter.”
It seemed like a quaint idea to me.
I don’t know whether the forces of the universe conspire for the purpose of giving me material to write about here or if I am simply better some days than others at paying attention and gathering inspiration. I suspect it might be a combination of the two.
No matter because this past week, I have been attuned and given a lot of consideration to the manner in which we communicate with each other these days. More and more, I find that I impart information to others almost exclusively vie email.
Since In Treatment concluded, I have been enjoying John Adams on HBO. I highly recommend it. As I was watching the most recent installment a couple of nights ago, I was fascinated by the stretches of time that elapsed between major events because of how slowly information was communicated in those days.
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1. Tonight I saw Oprah’s interview of Thomas Beatie, the transgendered man from Oregon who is now pregnant. What do you think about his decision to give birth to a child with his wife of five years, Nancy?
2. “Sway” by the Pussycat Dolls makes me wanna dance! (”Shall We Dance?” is one of my favorite movies. When Richard Gere comes up the escalator holding a single red rose for Susan Sarandon . . . I’m a goner.)
3. Splitting a few appetizers between friends on the patio, along with a fine glass of Lodi wine sounds like a great way to spend an evening.
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