February 22, 2013
I must apologize that I lag so behind with the posts, but cruising can be a surprisingly time-consuming activity and blog posting always has to come second to seeing and doing. In the past I have declined sundowner invitations in favor of working on the blog, but I’ve come to realize it’s a shame to miss out on the now in favor of writing about things that have already happened. (And I won’t even go into the friend who opted out of an amazing waterfall excursion in order to update his blog.)
I do keep a journal and take a lot of photos; so when the time comes to write a post I have a good record of the place and events.
I will admit I kind of like being behind for a couple of reasons. The first is that in going through our pictures (and re-reading my journal), I’ll be reminded of things I’d forgotten about, often delightful things, and it’s fun for both of us to re-live them in making the blog post.
The second is in knowing what’s going to happen, I can write about things that seemed small at the time but turned out to be important, and leave out “big deals” that were long-forgotten a day later and irrelevant. The blog then becomes less of a journal and more of a story.-Cyndi
