I have a list of about a dozen blogs that I click on religiously several times a day; not only do I enjoy the posts, I also enjoy the comments, and so I sporadically look to see if anything new was added to any of the blogs.
I was just looking in the computer margin at my list of favorite blogs, and what did I see? PEARLIES OF WISDOM appears at the bottom of the list. Was that some Freudian slip of a thing -- do I not enjoy my own words; am I doing the Jewish mother sacrifice thing ("Okay, okay, you first. I'll just and wait patiently at the back of the line..."); or am I just being modest?
Who knows? But the list ended up looking like this:
Seraphic Press, http://www.seraphicpress.com
A Simple Jew http://asimplejew.blogspot.com
Yettabettaboo http://yettabettaboo.blogspot.com
Five Years Later http://fiveyearslater.blogspot.com
CharediWannabe http://charediwannabe.blogspot.com
Ink as Rain http://inkasrain.blogspot.com
Random Thoughts, aka Jack's Shack http://wwwjackbenimble.blogspot.com
DovBear http://dovbear.blogspot.com
Stacey's Shmata http://pesharachel.blogspot.com
A Window into Ours http://jwindow.blogspot.com
Kerckhoff Coffeehouse http://kerckhoff.blogspot.com
Pearlies of Wisdom (you're reading this, so you must know how you got here!!)
Now although your blog might appear on the list at # 9, rather than # 3, don't fret. I realized that things (aside from mine on the list) look as they do because I listed these blogs as favorites as I discovered them and frequented them. You might be a late entry on the favorites list, but still consider yourself most worthy. I don't read JUST ANYTHING, and each of you offers entertaining, eye-opening, stimulating thoughts and perspectives.
The blogs and the writers behind them range: there are parents who have lost children and are working through their pain, taking the reader along on their journeys; people who are parents and are contending with life issues and family issues thrown their way; young adults who are in high school or finishing college, who have yet to truly discover the world; a group of pals (and a wife!) who like to comment on the world at large, politics and all; medical experts, who are also experts at humor; religious people who provide wonderful inspiring thoughts. Some of the writers are very wordy and detailed, giving more information than necessary, while others believe that less says more -- and sometimes they're right!
However, all these blogs help broaden my horizons, giving me a look at lives different -- some minimally, some extremely -- than my own. These blogs and the writers behind them help minimize the geographical distances, the intellectual distances and the emotional distances between us.
So keep writing, and I'll keep reading...
8 comments:
Ahem, chough, cough .. ahem
life-of-rubin, you'd better look into that throat ailment of yours! :)
oh, the pressure, the pressure...
the aforementioned list is the one on my home computer and i've just been negligent to add even more newly discovered, recent blogs, such as yours, that i've begun to peek at.
but for all of you who peek at comments, here is MY GOOD FRIEND life-of-rubin and his blog http://life-of-rubin.blogspot.com
Oh, I'm sorry, soar throat :-D This cough just wont go away! Thanks for the link. :-D
You have a pretty diverse list. There's a wide range of Jews out there on the web, and it's interesting that the web has finally been able to give us some sense of commonality.
That is an extensive list.
Torontopearl,
Thanks so much for the mention. My mother and I enjoy your blog very much.
-M
Thank you very much! We at the Coffeehouse hope to keep entertaining and informing you.
Pleasd and proud to be in such good company. Look forward to seeing you soon.
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