Here I Go Again...

Here I go again on my own... In a world with so many different ways to express yourself, going back to blogging (which is dead from a commercial standpoint) seems a little pointless. Gone are the days where search engines would find blogs, scan their key words and have them near the top of their results list. Most everyone who will take the time to peruse these pages is someone who already knows me. In fact, most of us met (virtually at first) from reading each others blogs. I would read a blog, then search their list of followers and would read and follow others. Communities formed around common themes and grew organically. Sometimes, we'd form our own private communities (The Wild Onion Cafe) to share amongst ourselves without the world watching (a basic form of what would become Zuckerberg's Nightmare). IF you stumble your way across this blog, or get invited from a "friend of a friend," then Biindigen.

But why? I'm sure a big part of it is the search for that sense of community. I don't have that anymore. At 94 years old, Momness doesn't remember my name. My brother and I (who have never been close) live in the same city and rarely see or speak with each other unless it's about Momness. I found a glimmer of community during the No Kings march in October. You're my tribe and sometimes I'd like to share things more in depth than just 120 characters.

Another big part is to express some of my creativity to the world. Reformatting the look and style of a blog was a challenge, but fun. Writing for the sake of writing... trying to be funny when I feel funny, serious when I feel serious, scared when I feel scared, and vulnerable when I feel vulnerable. The ability to do these things personally for people who I know I can trust, and anonymously for people I don't know that I can trust, presents a freedom I can't find on today's popular social media platforms.

So what will be here... THE ARCHIVES! Yes, this is the former blog with all of the former content. The only things I've changed are the url (to be less conspicuous) and the template format (to keep things fresh to the eye). Like in the past, new posts will probably be every few days. I put down a few new ones while shaking out the bugs before going back live. I'll also be bringing back some recurring themes, like JB & The Brain. Similar to before, it will be stream of consciousness. Funny, sad, topical, newsworthy, or somewhere in between; you'll never be quite sure what you'll get on a given day. And that's The Essence of Bobness.