Where Do Old Blogs Go?

When I began blogging I read a lot of other people's blogs. Some I commented on, some I didn't. While browsing one time, I came across a pleasant, upbeat blog written by a woman in her 80s. How I found it I don't know, because the author's last entry was two years old.

It ended much as it had begun and had continued, with the woman commenting on her life such as it was, and the day-to-day happenings therein. There was no goodbye, no hint of anything awry.

I read the comments on her last blog and someone had posted a comment a year after her last entry, wondering where she was and how she was doing. There was no response nor any more follow-up comments.

Fellow blogger Poopie wondered in a blog recently if those bloggers we know have a back-up to let the on-line neighbors know if life events suddenly intrude somehow on the blogger to prevent them from posting. I'm not sure I do, but I should. I've found bloggers to be a curious and caring lot.

Along the same line, I've occasionally been following a blog only to see it not only discontinued, but deleted altogether. It's kind of sad. To me, it's like writing a small chapter of your life, with reviews and comments from strangers and friends, then tearing out the pages and throwing away the book.

I don't expect myself to be blogging for a lifetime. I've been at it for six months and figure another six months should be plenty. Afterall, blogging does take time away from life's other necessities. I could be studying my 401K investment options, fixing up the house to sell, spending more time exercising and pleasing my doctor, or any of a number of other hobbies and writing projects.

But I've already decided that I'll let the blogging community know my intentions when and if I decide to write 'fin' here. I don't know where old blogs go but I'll leave mine stay as long as it can. I'll consider it something like a chapter of a scrapbook written, then put on the shelf for anyone, including myself, to read at their leisure.

P.S. I see by my son's comment on my last blog that I need to be more careful when blogging about family. I'm sure that's one way to get a blog deleted very quickly is to inflame a member of the inner circle.