Today was another not-much day. Yesterday l got overworked at physical therapy and spent the day paying the price. It’s easing off a little as the evening stretches into night.

The grand kids visited this afternoon-evening. Both girls spent a lot of time with me and that’s fun, although it really eats up time I was spending on other things. But then, what is time for?

I looked at some of the blogs at Google, but haven’t found much so far that is useful to me. The ideal would be to find a couple of good (well written) blogs that careen back and forth from the personal to broader concerns. Another useful thing would be more about blogs—the types, the formatting, etc. But I would guess that the kind I am looking for would discuss specific events then flow to more general thoughts about the events that would lead to solutions or points that would be the real gems of the blog. They could be touching with emotional impact or poignant with more profound import in the conclusion or finish. The very best would not merely repeat themes of a philosophical nature nor repeat a world view, attitude or mood. Rather they would describe how life events—on the micro or macro level—would lead to observations that would go beyond the philosophical to describe a more personal analysis that captures what one person can be aware of and then give voice to. Some might even end with prepositions.

So far I’ve noticed that mine start with the events of the day described briefly and then jump to political observations. There is reluctance, I fear, to wax more personal because that truly would be more revealing than would be comfortable. Partly for me, but more, I think, for others with whom I lead my life. The concern is that others I love would read it and feel more exposed than they wanted to be. I am finding that I can be revealing of my thought processes to some extent especially when not talking about personal events. However it is precisely the lack of much personal which will limit the emotional impact or poignancy. So it will take more time and practice to be able to give better blog. It will take more work to find out more about the fears that make it hard.