How to write a blog

Ok, so why do I not write anything here? I am sort of stuck.

I was having a conversation with the editor who gave me my first job in newspapers 20 years ago. She is one of the nicest people I know, and I was thrilled to get to work with her again. She is now the exec editor of a magazine and was out in LA to interview the subjects and so I drove up to shoot the story for her and we got to talk after the shoot over a couple of drinks.

Blogging and tweeting requires having something to say. I am fortunate in that I have a life that I find interesting and I get to do a lot of interesting stuff in the course of my work, but I always have to wonder if that translates into anything that other people want to read.

I also am committed to being Christ-like in my approach to what I write and how I live my life. I have, of course, not attained Christ-like status by any stretch. But I believe in going by the golden rule approach of writing this, which is not writing anything that I wouldn't want someone else to write about me.

That is not to say that I haven't written anything negative or that points a finger, or that I won't in the future, but that I want to be fair in doing so. I might talk about the problem, or the perpetrator, but only in a way, hopefully, that points to a solution... no talk of all hope is lost or that anyone is beyond redemption (which they are not.)

Oh well, go back about your important business now... I'm done rambling

Sorry

Wow. There is not much to say other than sorry.

It has been nearly a year since I have posted anything... ANYTHING AT ALL here. Hmmm... Life has been crazy, one-year-old twins, a five year old, more international work than I have ever had before in a one-year span (this is a good thing!), and just life in general has made the blog sort of fall to the back of a long list of things I have been working on.

It is sort of like the friend you really like talking to and hanging out with, that you keep meaning to call, but life and responsibilities keep getting in the way until you run into that person somewhere and realize that you never called them and feel really bad about it, but how do you articulate that desire and intent to have called (or in my case, post up here once in a while) but communicate it in a way that they don't feel like you are giving them the brush off or trying to make it sound like a feeble excuse because you never meant to call in the first place. Is there a way to sincerely share that feeling so that they don't feel like they are getting the brush off?

I hope I am being successful at this. I will post more frequently. For those that have continued to check in a lot, I am sorry I have not posted. Life has gotten in the way... that is evidence of my not following through, not proof that I don't intend to post here or don't care. So please stick with me a little bit longer... I will be posting more info and more frequently. My technological life has undergone quite a few changes since last March when I last posted.

Talk to you soon, and again, sorry.