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.
Happy New year to you and Sylvia!
Thank you, Star. May 2020 be a great year for you too filled with joy and good health.
Hi Chuck, thank you so much for dropping by in my blog. I actually miss blogging, but since, the trend now a days is facebook. I become more active in fb. hope we become friend also in fb, like with some of our blogger friends, I am so much grateful that one of blogger friend like you, visited my page. Have a blessed day my friend.
Thank you, dear friend. It is good to keep in touch and my reader app lets me know when you’ve put up a new post. That way I don’t miss anything. I think I found you of FB, but couldn’t send a friend request so I sent a message.
Yes, after my eleven year run I find that I post on my blog just about that often. But surely am thankful for the blogging experience for had I not entered that world Ilikely would never have met my wonderful friends, Chuck and Sylvia.
My first comment from a non-family reader of this blog came from you, my friend. We have enjoyed meeting you and JoAnn. Also, Lin and Joan of Shark. There are a few others, one of them your sister.
You found me, I believe, through my niece Mikkie, who is now a school principal.
I still look forward to your posts–I hope you continue, no matter the frequency. I have fewer blogs to visit these days, but I still like visiting the “old regulars” too.
Happy New Year to you and Sylvia!
You are most certainly one of those friends that keeps me posting. Perhaps only to keep my membership alive in Blog Posting Murderers. I’m sure you understand.
Happy New Year!
And to you, dear friend.
A blog is time consuming but a great hobby for sure. Glad you decided to stay.
Very time consuming if one does it as well as you do. Thanks for stopping by.