Thanks to Mom-e-Centric for having my post on my WOW (Women On Writing) blog tour.
Those of you who know me that I have no reservations about telling you how I spend way too much time online blogging and reading blogs. Barbara is my kind of lady! Jerri
Addicted To Blogs
Blog crazy. My friends laugh at my love of blogs.
“Started a new blog last night.” I called my best friend first thing in the morning to share the excitement.
“Another one?” She was clearly not as impressed as I was.
“Yeah, wait until you see it.”
“That makes three now since December if I remember correctly.”
I hear it in her voice. She thinks I’m crazy.
She’s right. My interest in blogs peaked at the end of the year. I haven’t been the same since December.
My first blog was to promote my book, my memoir on becoming a widow. I have to laugh. It is really my dog blog. I talk about the six rescue dogs that rescued me. My sister read it and wrote me back. No wonder you can’t get a date. All those dogs. I do go overboard. No kids, so the pups are my babies.
I am an antique dealer, love all things garden related and make botanical themed jewelry. Why not have a blog and talk about those things? Good idea and a way to reconnect with my antique buddies. So Barb’s Botanical Garden got started the following month.
My latest blog is about my sixth rescue dog, April In Paris. She has a story to tell. A hunting dog in a vintage hat with a huge pink rose has a lot on her mind. April dreams of visiting Paris and this is her diary.
I can hardly wait to write at night and my lonely evenings are lit up with my joy of blogging. I write and feel connected.
My love of blogs comes from my old passion for journals. Reading a blog is like opening a journal. I love the intimacy created by the writer and the implied friendship with the sharing of thoughts. I am amazed at the wealth of talent by unknown authors, crafters, decorators, and life commentators. I adore the spunky gals who tell it like it is. I laugh out loud as they comment on the craziness of the day. The humor right to the core of life and its problems. Something I can read and identify with.
I learned a new word through blogging. Giveaways. A great read and a chance to win something. Hey, it doesn’t get any better than that.
I will always buy books because I love the feel of a book in my hand. I love to enter small cozy independent shops. But I find discovering a new blog that enchants me as thrilling as finding a new book at my favorite bookshop.
I am excited to have found this great blog, Mom~E~Centric. Just having read the latest entry on cat fights and the nasty business of women in business hit a nerve with me. Been there, done that. Glad to hear it wasn’t just me.
Blogs give more information and fun than most anything I can find to read. So I will continue to be addicted to blogging. Just how many more blogs I feel the need to create is yet to be seen.
Widow Lesson Learned: It is much better to be blog crazy than plain crazy.
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