Saturday, October 11, 2008

Next Blog II


I enjoy hitting the Next Blog button to see what other people have "out there." I am naturally curious, but also, I can see what makes a good blog to make improvements on my own.

The first time I did it, I hit an Asian blog---written in Kanji? I was stunned because I was expecting to see my daughter's next blog (not realizing at the time that it would not be the next POST).

So, I routinely started hitting the button. I am the kind of person that could waste a whole day doing that, but I put limits on it. First, I had to read the blog until I figured out 1. What language it was in. 2. What country it was from 3. What the age, demographics of the blogger was. Then, I could hit the profile and see if I was right. My other rule was, I had to stop when I found an American blog.

So, here are some interesting blogs I have found. These were all Spanish language!

http://elcorraldelmanel.blogspot.com/
horses and hogs in Spain. I loved the map that showed where all of the visitors were from. So, I added it to mine, hoping to see where in the world viewers were from-----I'm still waiting for someone from outside the USA.

http://elpeztelescopio.blogspot.com/
female, Spanish, 30 something, (Wallis and Futuna in South Pacific!)

http://7gtr.blogspot.com/
NASCAR, Spanish, Argentina?

http://ashran92.blogspot.com/

Spanish, male, Spain---right on!

http://blogdelpincha.blogspot.com/

Spanish, South American, cool slides, soccer (Argentina)

http://craftsmakers.blogspot.com/
Spanish, cool paper mache--see the cow below!


So, go ahead, take a chance---hit that "Next Blog" button and see what a small world it is --- NASCAR fan in Argentina?

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Between Two Worlds

Most of my life, I've considered it fortunate that I was just ahead of the Baby-boom. Generally, the Baby-boomers were born between 1946 and 1964 after the fathers returned from World War II. It was a huge population explosion that has reverberated through American society.

This blog will be part history, part memories, part reflections of a retired teacher, but active "Senior". I have always felt like I straddled two generations forming a bridge. Sometimes I think like a baby-boomer, but sometimes I'm locked into my parents' Depression era thinking. I'm a dichotomy of two eras. But, I'm always ready to try something new---so here I am dipping my toes in the water of Blogworld.