Two years ago today, depressed and seeking an outlet after the defeat of my friend and mentor, Chellie Pingree, for Maine's junior Senate seat, I found my first blog through a Google search on autism: PLA, or A Journal of Politics, Law and Autism, edited by Dwight Meredith. I was intrigued by this new medium, and set up my own Blogger account that day. After two of three tries, I finally got my first post up. Four days later, I started flogging the Homeland Security Bill "midnight rider" issue, and Wampum found it's place in the blogosphere, aided decidedly by that same exemplar of the craft, Dwight Meredith.
Two years later, Dwight is now Wampum's co-editor, and once again, we're on the losing end of a national election. I imagine that a fair number of the blogs which have proliferated under the nurturing glow of the pre-election sun will fade and close over the next few weeks and months. I don't expect, however, Wampum to do the same, and hope that this time next year we'll be celebrating another anniversary.
I do miss, however, those early days of blogtopia (yes, Skippy coined that), when it felt somewhat more like a small-town community than a raging metropolis. While I don't expect that intimacy to return, I wonder if the contraction I predict will promote more community development once again. I hope so, as I do believe that there's more opportunity and frankly, satisfaction, in a journey, no matter how challenging, embarked on with friends and comrades.
Posted by MB Williams at November 11, 2004 06:52 AM | TrackBackCongratulations! I sometimes miss those 'good old days', too ... but after my own banishment & return, I'm happy to see that much of the community remains. :)
Happy Birthday, Wampum.
Posted by: Devra at November 12, 2004 02:34 AM