I think you mean a bog, Chatty. And in actuality, bogs are generally safe, if you know what you are doing. I took a science class at a national park one summer, and one of my favorite parts was walking on top of the bog. It was phenomenal how much you could see of bog life - animal and plant.

A blog is on online "web log", like a journal or diary.

There are a handful of blogs I read regularly, usually because they deal with writing, or because they're a nice break to put a smile or laugh in my day. (That's why I do mine; to give folks a lift.) There's one I read because it's done by a young woman who must live with her husband in Mexico until he can get American citizenship, and it's interesting to see what life is like there under those circumstances. One I read because it was a young mother I met online who kept a blog to follow the growth of her premature baby--it was uplifting and exciting to see that he was going to live. Good blogs are like an outreach program that touches the reader.

Oh for heavens sake Anno, I did mean BOG! Dah, Sherlock Holmes would roll over in his grave hearing his favorite mystery fan referring to a BOG as a blog! Forgive me, could my memmo-paused mind be coming back???

I am just happy that I am not the only one with a memo-pausing brain. Thank god I have good company in this land of mental lapses.

Lynn, it will be wordpress. I was speaking in terms of topics that interest you.

Lola, I blogged for another site, but no longer do that. I've been advised to blog to drive more traffic to the sites. Always somethin'.

chatty and Anno, thanks for sharing your professional blooging expertise.

Amy, I was once foloowing a blog about a guy whose wife was deathly ill. He was a faithful man and it was inspiring. I fell away from it. Wonder if she's still living.

I also read my son's blog. It's another way to feel connected to him.

orchid and Kathy, I don't reas too many on a regular basis, but definetly freguent a few that ahve to do with baby boomers.

I follow a few blogs because they automatically send me e-mail notifications when the blogs are updated. Without the notifications, I would forget to go back to them. Does Wordpress have that function, or is it something you have to install separately?

I have a blog, I don't think I know much about getting anyone else to read it, or how to get anyone else to read it because I think I pretty much started it for myself, my thoughts on art and how I feel about expressing myself at this particular point in my life. And I'm on blogspot.com. It lets you add 10 email addresses to send it to automatically, but I always wonder if that's a huge imposition on people and if they'd be too polite to say "omg, would you quit sending me that? we know you, we know what you're thinking and we don't have to hear you every day!"
I follow several and they are usually about art, different techniques and styles, they have lots of pictures, lots of reflection on life, some are young mothers, some are artists, some are just women making their way trying to get a self styled business up and going. And I know that my interests are fairly narrow at the moment - it's mostly art directed, but that's what I'm feeding myself at the moment.

Kate

I'm not liking wordpress so much anymore. It is a pain to figure out how to add features, such as what you just asked, Lefty. I mean, if I wanted to notify others of new blog posts, I'm sure there is that feature, but I'd have to learn how to add it, not just on Wordpress, but also via my "parent" site. Yikes! I did not set up Wordpress myself. Boeschel Creative did it for me, as she did my main site too. While I love having a blog, I'm not so good at implementing new features. You have to understand the language, and sometimes the applications (features to add) come with tutorials, and that tells you something: if you need a tutorial to add, then it can't be easy. On the other hand, Wordpress offers so many more options and features than other standard blogs, if you know how to use them. Another thing is figuring out how to drive traffic to your site and blog.

I am proud to have 10 followers to my blog. I planned to blog daily but not only is my time limited, but so is what I have to blog about without ticking off the entire planet. I do blog every week usually and am guarded as to what I say. Well sort of!!!LOL...NOT!

chatty, how were the fireworks in Vegas? I bet they were wild.

I read your blog but for some reason, can't reply.

Also want you to know that I respond to some of your emails, but never hear back. I think it's because I get caught in your spam filter. Every now and then, after replying to one of your emails, I get a message that says something about spam, but I don't always get that.