I’ve been very preoccupied by other matters for several days now (including a trip to see family in east central Illinois) but hope to get back to posting more routinely in the next few days.
One thing I’ve learned in the past few days is the exposure that having a blog can provide, for good or ill. You just never know who might be reading your blog and finding out all kinds of things about you that they otherwise wouldn’t know! This blog is primarily for me — a personal outlet. I realize, obviously, that it is “out there” in the public domain for anyone to read. But that reality can be somewhat abstract until you happen to meet a complete stranger who asks how your wife is doing, or comments on the nice photos of your kids that he or she has seen on your blog. It gives you a weird, almost uncomfortable, feeling.
