i.e., mybloggers.com. My last two articles (like "Biopsy") have not been included in the list of titles on my home page. Yet, they are still posted, and have been commented on. Is anyone out there seeing them listed, or is it just me?

As long as I'm here, I might as well write some more.

Somebody wrote me on Facebook this morning. I hardly ever pay attention, and certainly don't support or waste my time on it. But, it was a birthday wish from a high school acquaintance, which was nice. Anyway, I started reading some messages and noticed that ANYONE can read EVERYTHING other people write! It's like a huge gossip column. It confirms my belief that Facebook and Twitter are totally inane and ridiculous (I won't use the term "stupid", so not to offend anyone).

Add "texting" and IPOD use to the list of new fangled "toys", and what do we have? Answer: A society that has abandoned constructive use of valuable time. I consider a maximum of two wintertime hours on the computer enough. (Summertime, only one) But to spend hour upon hour "facebooking and twittering", etc., seems to me to deprive one of exercise, chores, outdoor recreation, and most of all, reading time.

How often I will go to the library, only to find I'm the lone person there! It's like a mauseleum! Young people don't read books anymore--maybe not even old people. They're too busy texting or whatever. I sound like my own father. He asks me, "What do you do all that time on a computer?" All he does is read and watch TV, besides walking. So I ask the same question, only with other devices.

Yesterday, for example, I got out and ran 5 miles (stopping to talk 30' with a neighbor), and later prepared a new strawberry patch, planting 4 doz. plants. That took all afternoon (no TV basketball!). Dumb me, though. That evening, I THEN read a library book chapter on planning and planting a new strawberry bed. I made some major mistakes! I don't want to start all over again, but I might. I have the time--I'm not twittering or texting!