When ElderChicks started, Bobby Fleisher and I could seriously ask, “What’s a blog?” and not have our question met with surprise. Blogging was just establishing a foothold in online communication. Since then it has spread to the degree of becoming so commonplace that it is now being overtaken by podcasting.
While today’s typical blog is the vehicle for one person’s platform, the focus at EC has always been you who write and read here. Although a monthly topic is offered, any other (except partisan politics) has always been welcome. Offers/proposals for commercial connections have all been refused. Expression and connection, enriching each other’s lives are the point.
ElderChicks has retained its character, still a place where mostly women and occasional welcome men express ideas about many aspects of life. It is still a place to write about anything, still a place where both online and some off-line friendships have formed, still a place where we know that hundreds of people who don’t write make sure to read what we say, and still a place, therefore, where minds and sentiments connect and sometimes encourage or inspire each other, as Elissa Jung just did with her May post.
This month, as I am astonished and grateful to celebrate my 88th birthday, I ask the headline question: Would you like our blog, ElderChicks, to continue? As always, it is up to you. Please click here to tell us.
