I started keeping a handwritten diary when I was about ten. Once blogging became a thing, I posted on LiveJournal instead, more or less abandoning the handwritten diary format in favor of publicly viewable text. Of course, what I could say changed dramatically, and after I had kids, it became much more limited. Still, I had plenty to say. When it came time to ditch LiveJournal, I came here to WordPress.
The pandemic interrupted a lot of my activities, including my posting on WordPress, and I spent more time on Facebook, writing brief entries and reading updates on the lives of friends, family, and strangers. It’s getting toward time to ditch Facebook now, and so I am on bluesky, but I wonder: will it be one more thing I’ll have to ditch? (Kristin52, by the way.)
Tomorrow, 1/20/2025, is going to suck. Hard. Mass deportations, I guess. People I know have left Facebook already in protest. Some people are staying, and I’ll stay for them.
But I like the blog form better. I like being able to have deeper conversations with people.
I have a lot more to say, but I’ve reached the end of my allotted hour. Later!
Reading:
The Day and Night Books of Mardou Fox, by Nisi Shawl
Bloggy shout out to:
Laura “Tegan” Gjovaag at https://wandering.shop/@realtegan
Kristin Ann King 