The best part of maintaining a blog, at least to me, is having the verbal and/or photographic record of what you'd like to remember. The ability to be able to scroll back or look for a specific date or activity is priceless. The lack of regular posts lately has been the biggest only disappointment in my blogging "career".
Losing Abby last year was a blow. Looking back, I'm happy I didn't do much actual blogging while she was with me. Blogging takes time. Frequently a lot of time. During her short life I concentrated primarily on taking care of her. Thankfully. Enjoyably. I'm glad I didn't lose any time to sitting in front of a computer.
In the months that followed, I struggled to get back on my blogging feet. Honestly, my own two feet were a struggle sometimes. I'm not going to try to explain that because if you are reading this blog, you already understand. I guess it's easier to break a good habit than a bad...and here I sit with a a year of nearly empty pages.
Instagram filled in a lot of gaps. Frequently a lot of gaps. It's so much easier to do a quick post right on the spot using just your phone. You don't have to go inside and download pictures from your camera. It's easy for people to leave comments, ask questions... I have no idea what is going on with Blogger comments any more. I'm so sorry. I am as frustrated as you are.
For all it's trouble though, Blogger is still an important tool. At least to me. And I'm glad there are still a few of us fossils out here keeping our journals, even if they aren't daily. They are treasures. They teach, they inspire, they connect us to friends and family. They cheer people up...and sometimes make them cry. Life.
And when I'm old and senile and living in a nursing home, I'd like to be able to look back through my old blog posts and remember that in May, 2019, the locust trees were amazing. The prettiest I saw.
Flashback - Honey Locusts
And a couple of new puzzles :-).
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