When I created this blog it was intended to communicate, interact, and exchange ideas. I tend toward being a loner, not an introvert because I can schmooze with the best of them when it is required. Getting a smile back from the grocery check-out clerk gives me a great feeling. The idea I might have helped cheer someone’s day is wonderful. I try this on a lot of folks.
Conversation. I often enjoy it and I’m pretty good at keeping it going after learning a bit of the art of it, when and how to ask questions, and avoiding trite replies like “you’re kidding! really? no way!” and instead reply with “tell me more or that’s wonderful (or shocking) or I understand” which encourages engagement.
For several years I had a very best friend, one that would call me to check up, invite me over, get together for meals, she loved coming to my place to hang out. She taught me how to be a long term friend, since my youth was spent traveling to different stations my father was transferred to with the USAF. So friend making, true friend making, wasn’t part of my wheel house. My parents had their adult friends – most of whom worked with dad and moved where he did, but I really only had my sisters. Meeting her as an adult was enlightening to say the least. We took trips together, enjoyed music and wine together, loved the beach. But…she and her husband divorced and she moved to St. Louis to be with her elderly parents. We lost a lot of contact, and I lost that friend.
Her parents have both passed now, details of the estate have been sorted and she is staying in St. Louis until her daughter graduates high school. The light in this is she plans to move back to Tucson and I am thrilled.
Maybe I won’t give in so readily to my aloneness or that wee bit of melancholy you saw in last weeks post. BTW the test result from the 19th was good news. The room where I write, blog, do voice over, and sew in has become more and more about being in my own space. I covet my time in it.
However…back to the blog.
I don’t get many comments and I wondered why? Is there something I’m missing in what I share? If you have any constructive advice and comments I would love to hear them. More pictures, videos, book reviews, music reviews?
So I sit, praying for rain and cooler temps in Southern Arizona with a three hour YouTube video of fall rain playing on my laptop. I look forward to hearing from you.
Cheers!
-N
You need more sewing content with photos if you are tagging sewing. I think most people’s comments to views ratio is pretty low.
Thats a great idea. I definitely will post those. I’m excited to set up a bigget sewing area and getting input. Thanks,
-N
I don’t get many either. Not sure why.
Interesting. Since I have started writing and scheduling posts for every Wednesday I hope to cultivate a regular weekly audience that stays engaged.
-N
I am not that regular. Maybe that would help me. I’m not willing to consider the outlandish possibility that what I have to say does not cause readers to respond. Ha!
My website is now defunct after six years. That doesn’t help.
My efforts toward a website-blog site presence are enjoyable. Writing whenever I am inspired and scheduling the post is a relief. Rather than thinking – dang I gotta blog today, when a light bulb moment happens I can start it and flesh it out over a few days. I like reading your stuff, you have a great writing voice.
-N
Thank you, old friend. I enjoy reading yours as well.