blogging...

what makes a good/successful blog? thousands of hits? many incoming links?

i can answer the question from a reader's perspective. the blogs i read that i consider successful are ones where the writer either is a subject matter expert whose opinion i value, or has a compelling personality - so what they have to say is interesting no matter what they write about.

as a blog writer, i am not so sure how i would "rate" my blog. i think a blog is successful if it brings the blogger satisfaction. the personal nature of blogs and the personal nature of satisfaction requires that the criteria is personal. someone once told me that i have a good blog given i don't write about my work, my family or my personal feelings....lol...i guess for me blogging gives me an opportunity to connect with people - lately i don't feel like i have much of a connection with too many people in real life, and really i am not feeling the connection i used to feel with the blogging world, as well...not sure why this is... it's a chicken/egg thing.. i don't seem to get the feedback i used to (not that i am trolling for comments here), so perhaps i am not inspired - or perhaps my lack of inspiration causes less interest among my readers...

additionally, i genuinely don't feel i have much to say - i like weird music that no one else likes, despise the current administration, read obscure books, have several simpleminded passtimes...it's not depression that keeps me from writing - i just have nothing i feel like sharing - not that there is anything compelling i *don't* feel like sharing either....

so i have been posting photos mainly. i am both serious and not serious about my photos. serious in the sense that it is therapeutic and fun. if nothing else, it gets me off the couch - and i find taking photos - the process and the end result - fulfilling and satisfying. i don't take it too seriously though. i am not a pro. i am not an artist. i want to "keep it light" everyone in awhile, i admit, i start taking it too serious - and i usually reel myself in pretty quick... what's the point of a hobby that brings frustration - that's what real life is for....

not sure why i am posting this - that's another reason for blogging, i suppose - a void into which one can tramble without boring one's loved ones...