Blog Along

An old saying goes: “Laugh and the world laughs with you, cry and you cry alone.” For blogging it is not like that. Blog and maybe the world will hear you. Here a blog, there a blog, everywhere a blog, blog, just like the "Farmer in the Dell" schoolyard game. Some blog sites invite you to add a blog. Not me. I prefer to blog alone. No comments necessary. Blogging is an outpouring of ideas, emotions and feelings, for information or instruction.
A blog is a excellent place to practice writing. Try a simple verb with a simple subject. For instance: She got into her car and shut the door. That is as bland as infant’s pablum. Try: She jumped into her car and slammed the door. Wow, that makes your eyeballs get big and round. Is she angry? Is she hurrying to the scene of an accident? Is she running from someone or something? Makes you want more.
As a teacher and a writer I encourage you to blog. Be sad. Be professorial. Be funny. Simply write. Keep on writing. The more you write, the more you want to explore active verbs. Action makes the reader get involved. It is true: blog and hope someone will listen, but when you blog you blog alone.
Naomi Sherer