One of the things that I love about Blogworld is that often the writing is so damn good that it's just about ruint me (as we say around here) for other journalistic expressions, many of which I pay for. I get blown away regularly by the quality of what I find for free at some blogs and sometimes when you combine the quality of the writing with the story of the message the result is a knock-me-to-my-knees event and yesterday I read a perfect example of that.
I am feeling spectacularly undeserving of white-space or your time in my own writing today and so I'm just going to point you to the blog post that inspired that first paragraph. It was written by a friend of mine whom I met through the Blogworld but who lives in Tallahassee so I also know him and also his wife, a little bit, at least, in the real world. Our worlds, as they might say, have collided a time or two.
This friend writes under the name of Juancho and his blog is BigRingCircus and he mostly writes about bikes and biking but that's just the handle he uses to open the door into a lot of other worlds.
Yesterday he put forth some words that I've gone back and read and reread several times and I'm going to advise you to do the same.
Go HERE.
You won't be sorry.
Love...Ms. Moon
I needed another blog to read like a hole in the head, but I'm taking this one. Fantastic.
ReplyDeleteElizabeth! I am honored to be another hole in your head, and thanks Ms. Moon. I really appreciate the lift.
ReplyDeleteElizabeth- He knows how to write. He thinks real good too.
ReplyDeleteJuancho- You probably don't even know how good you are.
Thank you Mary for the blog point. I'm sniffing into my sleeve.
ReplyDeleteXX Beth
Been there, did that. He rocks.
ReplyDeleteI wonder if I know him...? Do I?
Thank you for sharing the link to that blog post. What a fantastic piece of writing. Looks like I will be following another blog.
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing that.
ReplyDeleteWow, that was terrific! Thanks for that link.
ReplyDeleteYou know, they say the greatest predictor of your position on gay rights is your proximity to other gay people -- members of your family, friends, coworkers whom you admire. This illustrates that principle so well.
(It's hard to imagine there's anyone out there who's NOT in close proximity to a gay person nowadays -- and I think that's why perspectives on these issues are changing so quickly, particularly among young people. Every young person has a gay friend, I think!)
I agree Steve, and only by the courage of people who come out to those around them, can that awareness takes place. So still, it begins with someone taking a great personal risk to just say, "Hey, this is who I am, so who are you?"
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