Tuesday, June 27, 2017

Blog Reboot




Dear Ms. Fishergarten,

Thank you for renewing your domain for this blog site. We appreciate your business, and here at Google Blogger, we are happy to take your money for no apparent reason.

Yet we do take pride in the fact that we can offer our vibrant and vocal community this forum for blogging. That entails actually writing something. On a regular basis. Not just on the (very) rare occasion when you feel like it. And throwing up a photo once in a while is, frankly, not blogging.

True, it’s not that you will ever exactly overwhelm our servers with prose and resulting reader comments, especially since analytics show only those who self-identify as your family read or respond to your work. But think of it like this. Would you buy a fine tackle bag and not fill it?

In short, how about we see a little action here?

We remain ready to assist you, if you ever use your blogging space. Ever.

Sincerely,
Google Blogger Customer Service


“Well,” Fishergarten said to FisherSpouse as she shut down her email. “Looks like Google is noticing my blog. Maybe they’ll move it up in their highly competitive SEO sorting.”

FisherSpouse didn’t look up from the reel he was spooling.

“Maybe.” he said. “If you ever write anything.”

Always one to appreciate constructive feedback, Fishergarten gently reminded him: “I’m so sure! What do you ever read besides Field & Stream and the 2017 Colorado Fishing guide anyway.”

But thinking back, Fishergarten could faintly recall hints of her neglect in the last months.

“Mom,” FisherDaughter said in exasperation. “I try to tell people about your blog, but when you don’t actually write it, I spend most of my time telling them you’re not dead.”

And then there was FisherSon, whose passion for fishing means he is generally located in Colorado’s wilderness only by coordinates and only when he hits that elusive 3 foot-by-3-foot spot where there’s a cellular signal.

“… gave up blog? … Fish anymore? Thought … dead or something.”

Or from Non-FisherSon: “You have a blog?”

And so, Fishergarten sees that by many measures, posting once every nine months does not mean one blogs. After much soul-searching and introspection, possibly 45 minutes’ worth, she sees that she must start to practice careful discipline and commitment. At some point.

For now, Fishergarten believes she can best contribute to the fishing community with the following warning:

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