The Lonely Hour, Revisited.

Approximately one year ago today:

The Lonely Hour

Dear Bloggers who used to blog,

I miss you.

I wake up at five am and face the darkness in a lonely little world that doesn’t have your voices in it anymore: Sarah Says, Annathema, Lisa B Mrs. S, Life’s Little Comedies, HoCoRising, Tales of Two Cities, HoCo Hayduke, Do I Amuse You?, Rocket Powered Butterfly, HowChow, Dinosaur Mom...

Boo hoo, you say. Sad trombone, or the world’s tiniest violin.

Blogging is a hobby largely of the privileged. Most likely one isn’t doing it without some other resources that make the time to write available. So forgive my tiny little pity party over here.

I suppose this post is to say that I am happiest as a blogger when I’m in a bustling community of ideas. I miss that. Howard County still has some excellent community and/or political bloggers, for instance: HoCo House Hon, Is This Thing On?, Spartan Considerations, HoCoMDcc, Civility and Truth but they don’t post regularly. (I don’t want to overlook Scott E’s Blog but in truth it’s sort of a commercial venture so I’m not sure how to categorize it.)

So most days you are stuck with the tenacity of me and the esteemed 53 Blog. Not chopped liver, but still...can two opinionated people from Oakland Mills contain all the knowledge you need about Columbia and Howard County? I doubt it.

They say that fewer people read blogs on Fridays so I’ll just tuck this little lament right
here.

I miss you guys,

Village Green/Town²

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Looking back, I’m not sure why I didn’t include Lisa Markovitz of the People’s Voice or Susan Garber of How Come?  Spartan Considerations has certainly upped its output although I understand that the focus of the blog is soon going to change, The 53 reportedly will cease publication after the midterm elections. Why on earth did I not include AnnieRie? She hasn’t been posting as much of late but her most recent is notable.

Scott E’s blog continues to be a commercial venture which puts it in a separate category from the others. It’s got to be quite the juggling act to perform professional services for candidates, sell ads to candidates, and then blog about candidates. I wouldn’t touch that with a ten-foot pole.

My friend Mary Kate posted the following yesterday:

Here’s to those who inspire us and don’t even know it.

I responded:

Hey, lady. We had coffee at a bakery in Savage Mill and you told me I should write a blog...remember that?

So, if this blog has a first cause, it’s Mary Kate. And if it has a reason for persisting through the lonely hours, well, you probably already know why.