I write something on my blog (FearFunandFiloz) most every day. Every now and then, I take stock of why I do that and what it does to me. I have 5,452 posts written and on the web since April 2008. Most people I know that tried writing a blog drift away from it after a while. I believe that most people have something in their day, some reaction or thought or memory or question, that is "worth" mentioning. It is pretty well established that as babies age, they enter a stage in which they are receptive to language in the form of speech: speaking and hearing. Our species found out that speech is good but that writing and reading are also quite valuable so they created typical childhood education that starts early with training in writing and reading.
My friend has been standing firm on the idea that the professor of writing, Percival Everett, is an outstanding writer. Today, preparing for a discussion of Everett's novel "James", I came across a quote that grabbed my interest in writing. The quote is
"With my pencil, I wrote myself into being."
My wife is a member of the artists cooperative Gallery Q of Stevens Point. I have tried to emphasize with her that most important arts are nicely represented in their gallery but one of the most important of all is missing: writing. Writing and collecting ideas for my blog has been a valuable part of my life since retiring. Maybe yours, too?
