drifter
Well-known Member
So Long, Good Bye, It's Been Good To KnowYou
I have been reading a blog for almost ten years, a blog I considered a model for comments on current events, on political matters, and opinion blogging regarding anything. The man who wrote this blog lives in Cincinnati. He blogged five days a week, fifty-two weeks a year for a little over ten years. I admired him as a blogger and as a writer.
Anyone can write a blog but few can write one for ten years, write something interesting each week and get and sustain a loyal following as he did. He had followers from Seattle, Washington to Tampa, Florida.
After I moved to Oklahoma I didn’t read his blog every day. Some time I would go two or three weeks and not look at it, Then I’d log on and read all he had written and catch up. Over the years we have emailed each other a number of times and I have long thought of him as a friend.
It was a shock yesterday when I signed on and read his last blog. He explained why he was quitting and he had several good reasons. He thanked his loyal followers. Someone commented she was glad she didn’t read this on Friday when it was published, it would have ruined her weekend. Instead she said she read it on Monday ad it ruined her week.
That was similar the way it struct me; he ruined my weekend. It left me sad. I’ve read him so long I supposed he would go on writing even someday as they scattered my ashes. Even when you couldn’t agree with him you admired the way he said what he said, and over the years he introduced me to some interesting people. I’m going to miss Grumpy. Damn it!
I have been reading a blog for almost ten years, a blog I considered a model for comments on current events, on political matters, and opinion blogging regarding anything. The man who wrote this blog lives in Cincinnati. He blogged five days a week, fifty-two weeks a year for a little over ten years. I admired him as a blogger and as a writer.
Anyone can write a blog but few can write one for ten years, write something interesting each week and get and sustain a loyal following as he did. He had followers from Seattle, Washington to Tampa, Florida.
After I moved to Oklahoma I didn’t read his blog every day. Some time I would go two or three weeks and not look at it, Then I’d log on and read all he had written and catch up. Over the years we have emailed each other a number of times and I have long thought of him as a friend.
It was a shock yesterday when I signed on and read his last blog. He explained why he was quitting and he had several good reasons. He thanked his loyal followers. Someone commented she was glad she didn’t read this on Friday when it was published, it would have ruined her weekend. Instead she said she read it on Monday ad it ruined her week.
That was similar the way it struct me; he ruined my weekend. It left me sad. I’ve read him so long I supposed he would go on writing even someday as they scattered my ashes. Even when you couldn’t agree with him you admired the way he said what he said, and over the years he introduced me to some interesting people. I’m going to miss Grumpy. Damn it!
