I have more than 80 subscriptions in my Google Reader account, mostly blogs. Some of these bloggers write just a few times a year; others have probably stopped, but I keep them there just in case they post again.
Many are personal friends; some are friends of friends. Others are colleagues and former colleagues, contacts through work.
And some just write really well, and/or write about things that interest me. I have pretty catholic tastes; I'm interested in hearing what other people are interested in.
A growing number of the blogs I read are written by people I've never met face to face - like the three I'm about to mention.
Here are a few recent well-written posts I've enjoyed. Thought you might as well.
- Jon Swanson - who writes both 300 Words a Day and Levite Chronicles - just posted "No wonder we are confused." It deals with different ways we rest, or grieve. Good stuff, and helps me push guilt and judgment a little further back on the shelf of my mind.
- A man with whom I collaborated on a project a few years ago - he blogs very rarely, and prefers to remain nameless in unprotected cyberspace - offers "Hero or Narcissus." (Might the recent death of a controversial celebrity have come to mind as he was composing it?)
- Molly often writes about raising kids. True, my life does not include that, but since when do you have to live in someone else's world to appreciate it? I enjoyed her recent "The 'You Are Stoopid' Love and Why It Wins."
I only have 28 subscriptions on my reader. I put the rarely updated ones in a folder - that makes it easier to see the list of those who update mroe frequently.
ReplyDeleteI see that Google Reader allows folders, but haven't figured out how to use them. Maybe I'll do that.
ReplyDeleteHey, thanks for the shout-out. What an interesting blog you have. I'm going to enjoy reading here, I see. :)
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