The List Keeps Growing

My Reading List, that is. The size of my blogging community. It has grown to be quite unmanageable. Although I have been retired for close to nine years, and in theory have "all the time in the world" to myself to do as I please, there really is not time for me to read all the blogs I want to read, and to respond to them.

I am sure I will always find the time for those select few whom I have come to love so dearly. They will always be my "best friends" on line. But there are so many out there who are so wonderful. I find more every day. Within the past few days I have discovered four more that interest me very much: Celeste, of Into the Moonlight; Shirley, of Mother Nature's Garden; Karin, of Wise Old Woman; and Debbie, of Tea and Photos. And the memes that I enjoy being a part of keep growing in numbers of participants, until I can no longer manage to visit every one of them. I now have to choose which of these wonderful people I will read today, when I want to read them all.

And then there are my own posts. This is my 647th !!! How is that possible? When did I become so full of myself that I thought I had this much worth saying? Could it be that I have so little to do with my time these days that I just ramble on and on like so many other elderly people? Some of my posts have been nothing but inane nonsense I'm sure.

Well, what I started out to say this time was that I need the understanding of my readers and forgiveness if I do not comment often on your posts. I really want to. There just doesn't seem to be time enough.

Post #648 today is going to be worth reading. My friend, Eileen, just sent me an email that I am sure is worth your time, and I am going to publish it here.

And THANK YOU. Your posts and comments and all of the amazing, fascinating, interesting information and photos you give to me every day are what keep me going.

Another Reason to Love Blogging

Remember, back on February 29, when I wished my friend, Jack, a happy birthday? But I said that he would not see the blog entry, because he "doesn't do computers". Well, he saw it!

Let's see if I've got this right. Maryknoll's "Community Outreach Coordinator" saw it. From there it was sent to the Council Secretariat Supervisor, who figured out it might be for Jack, known to them as Father John, of course. Yea!!

He says he celebrated with a birthday dinner with friends.

Jack's friend, Debbie, who types letters for him, also has a computer, and between us we can probably communicate with him a bit more often than I have in the past. I'm so grateful to all those who had a hand in passing along my birthday message, and especially to Debbie. Perhaps she and I will also become friends. That would be nice. I've sent her my url of course.

So - Hi there, Jack! Hi, Debbie! And thanks to Blogger. You did us a favor.