I'm not much of a blogger and don't have a lot of friends here. Neighborliness doesn't come easy to me, perhaps due to being a loner and maybe in my posts I'm not the kindest person. But I can certainly recognize kindness in other people.

 

This online community has a number of really good-hearted people. I am surprised at the constant friendliness so many of you show one another, and it doesn't seem artificial at all. And there's more to you. Without naming names, you have:

 

*wonderful attitudes when losing homes, or jobs, or when you have serious health problems;

*some of the nicest attitudes toward the frustrations and slights of daily life;

*concern for each other's conditions;

*patient tolerance when you're attacked for your views, and resilience to maintain those personal views;

*obvious love for spouses, kids, animals, fellow humans, the world

*naivete when it comes to why government is bad, or business evil (Please notice I am looking at this as a virtue. I think we should continue to be shocked when we discover the shortcomings/crimes/neglect of businesses and government. We should never, ever get used to it.)

*a vibrant interest in improving our community and our government

*expectation that the future will bring a happy life

 

This community is full of life. And because of the real urgency that this political year makes me feel, I really, really hope this community becomes stronger. That it doesn't lose members, either. This year, communities are important. Just because this one's online doesn't mean it's less important than a physical neighborhood.

 

None of the people I read are here on MyBloggers for business networking. They're not trying to find dates, either. Their blogs are natural outpourings of sociable personalities. I really like that. Blogging is kind of like letter-writing -- but no one usually writes letters and throws them out into space and waits to see if anyone responds. The popularity of blogging really says a few things about the loneliness of the population, in a way.

 

I guess blogging is more like tossing bottles with messages in them out into the sea. And you keep finding mine. I'm very grateful.

 

 

I propose that we try to entice texastar to come back by posting many pictures of chihuahuas on our blogs. She will surely take a look, and might decide to respond by starting up her blog again.

 

Here's my chihuahua today:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Will someone else post a chihuahua?