Lately I have been putting off posting to this blog. This happens while I keep telling people about the wonders of blogging and the fact that I have one. So it is a little embarrassing because they come here and there is nothing written outside of apologies for not writing.
I am a little intimidated, I guess. When I started blogging it felt very personal but lately I have been finding the amazing power of blogging. There are so many people I admire for blogging about the injustices of the world and the art of their lives. When I read these blogs I put so much pressure on my blog to be that kind of beautiful but my blog is just me and my life. There is a space for my social justice blogging but I haven't gotten into that mode yet.
In the meantime I have to recommend three brilliant bloggers that I have on my links but need to be mentioned. The first is a librarian who was my professor. Her perception of blogging is that it is an avenue to spread information that does not get passed around by mass media. It is called A Librarian at the Kitchen Table. It is also part of the Human Rights Bloggers network. The second is another professor of mine from my academic sociology days. I used to love going into her classes and had missed hearing her voice on race issues in the U.S. Now I have access to her on her blog, Why Am I Not Surprised? The third blogger, I was introduced to recently and got the chance to meet at the WAM conference. Her writing is beautiful and brilliant. It is entrenched in real human rights information and worded in that way that makes you wish you could just call her when you are having an argument with some narrow mind and ask her what she would say because it comes out so much better than what you say. Her site is La Chola.
So I will tell you about some personal work and things on the next post. For now I just wanted you to know that I am here, even when I am not.