Here we already are in August, the month of crape myrtles in flamboyant pink/fuschia/deepred bloom, cicada music rising and falling in the heat, the Perseid meteor showers, family company and birthdays. It took the summer so long to get here, it's hard to believe it's almost over. Teaching summer classes made it all go by in a haze of lesson planning, paper reading, lots of iced coffee and not much fun.
I seem to have all but abandoned this journal, as well as my other AOL journals. Again, with teaching two summer intensives I only had time to blog at The Blue Voice. I hadn't thought it would be like this, that I'd have to make such a hard choice. Being part of a group presses my Responsibility button, and I have felt the need to keep my end up. I thought that readers who cared about the environment would come and read my posts at the Voice, but with only a couple of exceptions, that does not seem to have happened. If you are reading this, but not coming to TBV and reading my posts, I'd love to have you explain why - what is keeping you away? We have a new format, the posts are no longer strung out to their full size on the front page - you don't have to plow through the entire length of posts you may not care to read (though of course I would hope you'd want to read them all!) to find one you are interested in.
Anyway, there are several series I have done there that I want to link to, make it easy for AOL readers to just come read those entries - because they are things that I think are important. I will begin with the two Exxon entries, fervently hoping that I have not completely lost those readers who used to come here for environmental news.
6 comments:
Welcome back! Glad to know you are alive, well and still making a difference...
It's nice to see you back. I HAVE been reading TBV but not commenting -- it's a lot all at once. The new format should help.
And I have to admit -- it's summer and I don;t feel much like debating anything.
Mary Ellen, don't confuse not COMMENTING with not READING. I read your posts on TBV...but you are usually so thorough, there doesn't seem to be much to add. Certainly nothing to argue with. Let's face it, the environment is not a hot-button issue...though it probably should be. Lisa :-]
Do not despair. Summer is a bad time to judge visitors, readers and web traffic in general. (I have maintained websites since 1997, and this is a trend you can count on, the sporatic summer websurfing.) September is when we all get back to our regularly scheduled and structured lives. I trust you will see a return to the level of readership, and time to write in your journals, come Fall. The outdoors calls some, extra projects call others, extended vacation others.
I, myself, just got back inside, I was lured outside by the warmth and brightness of the sun, the singing flowers, the busyness of the forest and river, and without hesitation or remorse, stayed outside. Honestly, until September, when structured life demands my attention, I cannot be trusted to stay inside long.
Yours are the first journals I returned to visit. You are one of the best journal writers of substance out here. Dalene of AHH at http://journals.aol.com/ahhliving/AHH
Just checking in...
Neil
Hi!
Sorry, I`ve been sick for 2 weeks. I`ll be back more often.
V
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