Treasures on the "blogs"

When I first began to discover what pleasures these toys the computer and the Internet could bring there were relatively few others. We were mostly geeks and, amazingly, large numbers of mostly women. These women were taking the new media of html and java and creating some of the most beautiful and inspirational web sites. The ring concept flourished and was the beginning of social networking. Then began the "monetization" and the Internet, too big to navigate and too intrusive to put up with. But recently politics has driven me back to have my say in whatever way I can find.

I am delighted to also find some of those early ring designers and their descendants now doing personal blogs. They are hard to find but what treasure there is to be discovered in them. I have added new links to some on the right.

If you love nature photographs Snappy's Garden's Blog. Link here. is one such. Another to which I have alluded is U.N. worker Mark Turner's Dispatches From a Fragile Island. Link here. About Haiti I discovered it in Mark's photographs and his wonderful story of educating Dorian. It is much more now as he is taking photographs and working to restore the tormented island. I recommend it to all.

Most precious so far is the discovery of Silver Threads by Silverseason. Link here. I have many reasons to enjoy her intellectually incisive book commentaries and writing. Most affirming for me personally is a shared respect and love for the dignity of family. The fact that Silverseason and I have many family roots that lived in parallel of course adds a "zing."