Blogs are like anything else in life: They are born, live and then get deleted! Over the past month or so, two of my favorite blogs -- Forest Wisdom and Bruce Droppings -- have simply vanished into the virtual mist. In fact, the Bruce of Bruce Droppings just dropped his blog yesterday. I will miss my routine visits at both of them.
Another of my favorite blogs --greenInk -- has been dormant for over one year. It's still intact out there in the blogosphere; at least, last time I checked. Mr. Sage's Philosphical Taoist Page also disappeared, but I found its wayback page and it's still sitting over there as a link in the right sidebar.
Every time I start lamenting about the blogs I miss, I discover new gems which I will continue to feature on this blog periodically in the "New Voices Along the Path" series.
Just like with people we meet face-to-face along the way, it's important to embrace and enjoy our favorite blogs each time we stop by for a visit. We never know when they will cease to be and ya don't want to realize how much you respect or cherish the connection until that day it's gone.
Another of my favorite blogs --greenInk -- has been dormant for over one year. It's still intact out there in the blogosphere; at least, last time I checked. Mr. Sage's Philosphical Taoist Page also disappeared, but I found its wayback page and it's still sitting over there as a link in the right sidebar.
Every time I start lamenting about the blogs I miss, I discover new gems which I will continue to feature on this blog periodically in the "New Voices Along the Path" series.
Just like with people we meet face-to-face along the way, it's important to embrace and enjoy our favorite blogs each time we stop by for a visit. We never know when they will cease to be and ya don't want to realize how much you respect or cherish the connection until that day it's gone.
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ReplyDeleteI'm going to miss Bruce's blog. It was a daily read, sometimes two or three times a day. :-)
ReplyDeleteI left my blog as well to start a new one. Sometimes I just need a change.
I've been reading your blog long before you'd ever know it or before I ever added you to my blogroll. I'm a quiet reader though. Rarely comment but I've always enjoyed your writing. Food for thought. So, in case either you or I vanish without a trace, thank you for being you and sharing your thoughts with the world.
~ Zoe ...
I echo your words. Bloggers need to be encouraged. If we don't have a readership, there is no motivation to write.
ReplyDeleteMany folk read blogs for years and never leave a comment, then are sorry when the blog closes.
Blog writers don't ask for money--at least not the majority--but we need to know we are being read.
So, if you enjoy a blog, offer your support by saying something after you've read.
Sometimes I want to comment, but I feel that I'm intruding.
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