Attorney O's Midnight Musings: Connecticut Law

Posted By Irene C. Olszewski, Esq. on June 23, 2010

It doesn’t seem possible that I first posted here on Attorney O’s Midnight Musings one year ago today. I don’t know whether to refer to this as a birthday or an anniversary. Either way, 365 days have passed since I first hit “publish” and launched into the world of blogging.

I want to thank everyone who has ever taken the time to read my posts. It’s nice to know that I’m not all alone here in cyberland. Thank you to those who have posted comments and to those who have sent me e-mails with words of encouragement. It all means a lot to me.

As I reflect on this last year as a new blogger, it occurs to me that I have really enjoyed this time. Some of my colleagues who don’t yet blog often ask why I bother to “waste” my free time blogging instead of relaxing. While my replies vary, I usually tell them that I blog because I enjoy it and because I learn things while blogging that I might not otherwise have learned. In my book, that’s not a waste of my time.

For me, the act of blogging is a lot like taking a road trip on a small town back road instead of the interstate. Instead of barreling down the highway, I take time to look at the view. Those small towns are chock full of quaint little shops, unusual architecture and old cemeteries. It’s on those rural routes that you come upon that special diner that “the locals” frequent (the ones with the apple pie that’s out of this world). It’s where you happen upon the old general stores that still sell “penny candy” and Necco Wafers. It’s on those same back roads that you come upon “the locals” who are all too willing to regale you with stories about the history of their town. It’s always a journey worth taking.

While blogging, I meander through the back roads of the world wide web, stopping to discover websites that have been around for years and others that are just getting off the ground. I’ve happened upon blogs that have already attracted a strong loyal following and plenty of brand new entries to the blogisphere. I’ve stumbled upon some rather unusual finds on the internet that I would likely not have found had I not undertaken the authoring of this blog. I also watch a lot less television these days!

I’d love to post every night but the reality of my life doesn’t always allow me to do so. Sometimes, after a particularly long and difficult day practicing law, I’m just too tired to come home and string words together in a coherent fashion. Other nights, I’m just too busy with my life to post at all. Sometimes, I just don’t have anything to say. So while I don’t post every night, this blog remains important to me and I hope you’ll keep coming back.

It is my sincere hope that everyone who stops by Attorney O’s Midnight Musings will find that the trip was worth the ride. If you chuckle here and there, or learn something you didn’t know before you landed in my little corner of Cyber Town, that will make me a happy little blogger.

Here’s to another year of blogging and discovery!

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