Looking Back

It was eleven years ago today that I started this blog.  It was a good time for me to start something new.  Amateur radio had been my main interest apart from family, work and church for forty-nine years.  Amateur radio informed most of my career decisions, with the last twenty years spent in employment with ARRL – the National Association For Amateur Radio.

Eleven years ago sunspots were at their minimum.  That meant short wave radio contacts were not easy to make.  So it was easy to take a break from miserable radio reception and transmission conditions and explore something new.  Blogging consumed my days, and being retired I was free to enjoy this new interest.  Recently, I read that the first sunspots of a new cycle had been spotted on the face of the sun.  Yes, solar activity has a roughly 11-year cycle.

Those early days and years of blogging consumed much of my day.  That eventually changed and online social networks capture the public’s interest.  Some of us still blog, but not as many as before.

These Days

I’ve gotten into social networks.  I resisted until Sylvia took a trip to Honduras.  She communicated with our granddaughter via Facebook.  I heard nothing until she returned.  Then I signed up for Facebook.

I continue to blog, but only at about four to six week intervals.

Looking Forward

While I’ve considered discontinuing this blog, I’ll not do that while certain friends continue to be active on their blogs.  They know who they are.

Sylvia joins me in wishing you all the very best in 2020.