Untethered

Well, there were so many things I was going to post about during this first month of January. But I never got around to it and now my blog finds itself without a home base.

You see, I began blogging, (I learned about what blogging is, in fact), from a neat little website called North Fork Parents.com and the site's editor. And very recently this site closed down its Blogger's page. The Adventures of Mamacole has been untethered from the dock, and it feels like my blog is floating around in a very large and hostile sea of Internet interactions.

Who will read my words? Look at my pictures? Will there be unfriendly commentary? Will anyone care?

We had a sweet little community over there at the North Fork Parents dock. All our blogs (there were nearly 10) were tied up near one another and we knew that we could count on readers and comments from each other's sites. None of us have met in person, (save our editor and dock master - we all know her, I think), but we felt that we knew each other through our posts. At least I did, anyway.

And there was a place for "outsiders" to hear about our words as well. Anyone browsing the site might come across an interesting blurb from one of our blogs and take a peak. We didn't really hear much from them, these non-blogging readers, but we knew they were there. Now there's no way for anyone to know what we've posted about.

So, this post is a lament to the loss of my "dock-mates". Though many of us have agreed to post links on each other's blogs and check in regularly anyway, it won't be the same and I'll miss the virtual camaraderie.

On the other hand. I haven't had a real "adventure" lately. And maybe Mamacole drifting out at sea is the start of a journey. If you're reading, thank you for joining me. Stay tuned for some brand new genuine adventures.