keep on blogging in the new year
As you may have noticed...I slipped off the face of blogging for a good bit. This wasn't deliberate, it just happened. Frankly, having been going at blogging in one way or another since the fall of 2003 and never having made a dime at it, I felt at liberty, if not the need, to let this mode of writing go for a moment while I sorted out other, more remunerative (and essential), components of my making a living in this world. (I am a small businessperson.) I do think, whatever my participation, that blogging and bloggers are essential components of the 2008 landscape and forwards...and our voices will be of increasing importance as the new year emerges. The world is hungry for change and the status quo media is simply unable to keep pace with the scale and scope of the change needed. Online writing, whether it be in the form of a local blog, a community blog-site on national politics or a website that addresses international issues and cross-border communication is more relevant th