30 Friends

I read around 30 blogs. I try to read them everyday. The current ones I visit routinely you can see listed to the right of this column. (I finally fixed my template, so they are nicely in alphabetical order now). A few of them don’t seem to visit me (or if they do, they don’t leave comment). I am OK with that. Some of them seem to have dozens and dozens of readers so they can’t be expected to reciprocate all their readers.
The fact that anyone is reading my blog at all – and finding it worthwhile to revisit – is an honor.

No surprise to find that blogs are as various as the people who write them. Some blogs I skim once in a while as they don’t post often. There are a couple of blogs by younger men whose social life makes me feel nostalgic. Mostly I read blogs of other men in the ’40 over’ category to see what they are up to and going through. A few bloggers often make me laugh; a few make me think rather. (One or two I find risqué so I learned quickly to wait until I get home to go visit). The blogs of guys relatively early in their coming out process are intriguing to read for their process of how they are doing with this.
I look forward to the daily visits to these 30. I am growing fond of them and consider them a group of ‘friends’. In some ways they remind me of my pen pal, Marc. I have written letters back and forth to Marc for over 20 years. I know him better than anyone – and I have never met him.

In my tentative future travels to New York City, Florida, Canada, and even right here in Phoenix, I hope to meet some of them/you. I am looking forward to that.