Approaches to Blogging

Some people (not the stalkers) think that I have to have inspiration before I sit down to a blank blog page. Not true. Once, I had a quiet and pensive moment, and a co-worker said, "You're going to write about this in your blog aren't you?" I had a puzzled look on my face, because I was puzzled as to why someone would (a) think such a thing, let alone (b) say it out loud at a funeral. I was in no state of mind to discuss blog theory at that moment, so I just silently shook my head, making the most chiding expression I could muster. That's a difficult expression. It comes in handy when scolding one's kids from across a room without saying a word.

Granted (like a wish from a genie), there are definitely times that the content reflects actual events and experiences. But at other times, I enjoy just sitting down to the blank field and begin typing. The letters just spill out, and then I have to arrange them into coherent sentences. Like this:

Aeprpocahs to Bggilong

Smoe ploeppe (nto teh srklates) tnhik taht I hvae to vhae iostnpiarin boerfe I sti dwon to a bnalk bolg pgae. Tno ture.

By the way, I find myself profoundly moved by the fact that this entry, which is about writing that does not reflect actual events or experiences, actually does reflect actual events and experiences. Fascinating that.