To blog, or not to blog...

I have always enjoyed writing (perhaps because I love reading, perhaps because I have always known "the pen is mightier than the sword") and have wondered how people become "bloggers." My niece recently sent me an invitation to read her blog and, lo and behold, next thing I knew, I was signed up to also blog. whoo hoo! Not really sure how one thing ran into the next but, regardless, I am here and will now add the title of 'Blogger' to my description of myself.

I suppose that I, as so many people today, have always imagined how great it would be to actually write something that others would read (and hopefully enjoy) so I feel the accessibility of the internet is a great thing. Well, most of the time, anyway. Good things about a blog include the facts that nobody is going to be forced to read it (why does Beowulf come to mind when I think of forced and torturous reading?) and people can instantly comment, so the blogger can hopefully learn what works and what doesn't.

Why do I think I can blog (operative word here is 'think')? Well, for one, I have always had 'stories.' People have told me so many times that I should write a book with all my experiences. Yeah, well, that is certainly easier said than done. Second, I can write. At least, I HOPE I can write. I am a bit of a stickler for good grammar and spelling (thank you, Lynne Truss, for the word, as well as the proof that by being one, I am not alone) so I feel my blogs should be easy to read. Do I have any hopes of what I will accomplish by blogging? Hell, NO! For now, this blog will just be something I can enjoy doing ~ a way to express my feelings, question life, bitch about things, gather my thoughts and share experiences. In the future, who knows? As with so many things in my life, I am going to 'go with the flow' and see what happens. Does that make me an underachiever? I hope not. I would prefer to think I am the type of person who thinks things out before acting upon them. Future blogs will certainly go into further detail to prove that line of thinking.

For now, though, I am going to sit back, relish my new self-imposed title and think about when I am going to post my blog link on my facebook page or give the link to my friends and relatives. Patience, so they say, is a virtue.