Here
We Are
By John W. Vander Velden
I must take a bit of time
to acknowledge this Blogs birthday, if such things have birthdays. Wednesday, March 1 will mark five years that
I have managed to keep “Ramblings” alive.
Hard to imagine that 260 weeks I have posted at least once a week. It is far beyond what I imagined in
2012. I wondered then…I still do…if I
will have another idea for the weeks ahead.
Ideas aren’t infinite are they?
But even now I have a few already written…rough perhaps but
waiting. To be honest I had no idea what
I was getting into when I began. My
research…we should all do research, don’t you think…gave me a few guidelines. But I did not follow all the rules, like
posting three times a week. That would
be exhausting. But I understood that I
had to post on some sort of schedule.
Over time I have found a system that works…sorta’. Those that have been following “Ramblings”
have noticed….I hope.
Each week I wonder if the
time I spend on my Blog should not be spent on other writing endeavors. But I have learned a great deal from this
weekly grind, and it doesn’t take as long to create a post as it once did. But what did I hope to accomplish by this
experiment? An internet presence… Whatever that might mean. But it is part of the “author’s”
requirements. Again whatever that means.
But writing a Blog is
only part of the program…promotion the other part. Social media helps there. But social media on its own won’t cut
it. The fact is I have to write
something that people will want to read.
I have to offer something that is worth the time to access and view, and
I have to offer it each week. That has
been the biggest part of this learning curve.
To determine what words might matter to my followers. It is a responsibility I take seriously.
So I beg your pardon as I
speak today about something as inconsequential as a blog. But it is a milestone of sorts, and I wish to
thank all of you for making it possible.
I thank those that come often, those that come rarely, those that have
come only once. I hope that you find
something worth your while…something uplifting…that is the ultimate purpose of
“Ramblings…Essays and Such”.
So after five years…here
we are…and time will tell where we go…
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