Writer?

Just watched another episode of Jeopardy with a contestant introduced as a writer.  During the interview session she revealed that she writes a blog about cruises.  Made me realize just how much our definitions have changed in the 21st century.  Guess I have to rid myself of that romantic image of Ernest Hemingway pounding away on the Remington upright.  So if you're a blogger now days you're a writer.  That means my brother Mike is definitely a writer.  When you read his entries about how deeply he loved and misses his wife Linda be sure to bring the tissues. 

I've been blogging off and on since I moved to Thailand in 2008 although lately it's more off than on.  My Horizon Seeker blog began in 2011 after I retired from teaching in Nashville and hit the road in my little rv.  Mostly it was a way of keeping folks back home up to date on where I happened to land of late and what the world around me looked like.  Pretty much like the Thailand blog without the chicken feet and exotic flowers.  And then came Facebook. 

The great thing about Facebook is the instant response.  The bad thing about Facebook is the instant response.  As a woman alone on the road my awareness of my surroundings has been heightened and my willingness to give out info about my whereabouts has been restricted by the nightmares I hear about.  Most of them on Facebook.  So I don't like to post my movements on those pages.  Call me an alarmist but that's just my take.  My relationship with the almighty Facebook is a love/hate one at best. 

So it's back to blogging for me, for better or worse.