About a Blog

 While in conversation with a friend and her friend, a successful consultant,  he turns to her and says, "she's funny, she should write."  "Oh she does, she blogs."

Him, "oh send me some of them.  I will forward them to an expert, he can edit them and fix them and then see if he thinks they would be marketable."

Uh, never mind.  I've been writing for over seventy years and if not successfully at least able to support myself and four children, keep roofs over their heads and food on the table.  I wrote and produced a ton of radio and television commercials, newsletters, speeches for some fairly bright and demanding employers and an occasional unpublished story or two.

What a great idea, at eighty, to provide my pitiful scratchings to an expert who may be able to clean them up and make me some money?

That's great.  Thanks for the offer.  I'm sure you mean well.

But I've never been great at taking "constructive criticism."  Undoubtedly my writing style is as out of date as I am.

And by the way Sir, if you're so smart and so successful why are you here tonight, over intoxicated and being dealt with by your many friends for being "high maintenance" and obnoxious.  Ooops sorry, that just slipped out.

I am grateful though, as a result of our conversation I went back and read several years of my blogs.  Some great memories of times with my friends and my kids, my travels, and eventually my heartbreak.

Sorry my creditors, my Blogs won't make me rich or pay the bills.  But I'm very glad to have them to help me remember.


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