Summer, along with all of its glorious holidays and exotic travels, just ended and my next play is set to begin rehearsals this weekend. So I guess I had better start blogging now or else I’ll miss my chance again. That keeps happening to me. Whenever I have something amazing to write about I can’t, because I have no time, because so many amazing things are happening. Ironic? So many things to write about.
By the way, I’ve come to terms with the fact that I’m pretty much just blogging for myself now – for posterity – and for the three or four of you still out there reading this. But that’s OK. Hi.
I’ve actually been wondering if I should just throw the whole blogging towel in. I get the feeling that Facebook has the potential to replace this blog in a very elegant way. I mean, what do I do here? I write updates, I post photos and videos, and I share links. All of that can be done on Facebook and there are a whole lot more people receiving the feed there than here. But it’s the fact that I don’t own anything I post on FB that keeps me going here. They could close shop tomorrow and I could potentially lose everything. Not to mention the fact that everything you post on FB is submitted into the big marketing machine that sells your personal data to direct advertising corporations. You do know that, don’t you? I don’t like that.
So… write something! OK. I’ll start tomorrow. I promise.
You’re on my feed! I’ll be reading. Go Josh. I feel you on the FB thing. It’ll be great to have a record years down the line. I say keep going in this space. Besides anything else you have a great url!
And very much looking forward to the next play. I just hope I don’t lose my husband for too many weekends 😉
I am still here. Who are the other two?
I feel more like you’re chatting with me when you post here then when it’s on Facebook. Also, on Facebook I’m likely to miss it if I don’t check IMMEDIATELY, whereas here it’s easier to catch. 🙂 So I vote for here (for what it’s worth).
Please do not quit blogging. I have been following you for, how many, 13 years now. It its a way of life. You underestimate us, there are many who follow your posts and look forward to the latest news. This is something you leave for posterity, not for facebook, a phase at least, this blog is for real, fun, imaginative and a great way to keep up with your adventures and my grandchildren. Do.not.stop. Please 😮
You have got to be kidding. How ever will we be able to keep up with the “Wonderful World of Joshua” and his clan? By the by, I don’t do Facebook. Keep up the great job that we’ve all grown to expect from you. Mom is right, please don’t stop.
I vote for the continuance of your blog. one can take a lot of photos and then just leave the prints boxed up in the attic or one can piece together photo albums and select photos worth framing and hanging. it seems to me that the snippets you share here will always be accesible as long as they’re here. with Facebook on the other hand, even if it doesn’t shut down tomorrow, things get lost in the shuffle. by this I don’t mean photos and videos, which obviously have albums to help organize them, but rather what one posts, or has posted, on one’s wall. I enjoy following your blog and hope that you’ll keep it active.
hanks for the words of encouragement, ESS. I really enjoy having this blog and constantly feel bad that I don’t contribute to it as much as I’d like. But I’m always proud of the finished product and, as you say, it’s fun to reminisce without getting lost in the shuffle 🙂