10th Anniversary- That Woman blog –
January 21, 2018 at 3:27 pm 5 comments
TEN YEARS! a lot has happened since I put up that first post
https://thatwoman.wordpress.com/2008/01/21/to-blog-or-not-to-blog/
As I wrote that first post, I had no idea that in a few short weeks my world would fall apart .
I started off that January 21st 2008 with an ideal and a hope to make a difference.
https://thatwoman.wordpress.com/2008/01/ and continued to explore my own way forward from the conflict of CRA https://thatwoman.wordpress.com/category/cra/ and with “reports and studies” on Lorain’s well being, visiting the theatre and my mentor and her quote of “this too shall pass” !
BUT then: my world did fall apart and I found not kindness, or compassion but selfishness -even in death. I found my world upside down and I was in a state of disbelief .
https://thatwoman.wordpress.com/2008/02/28/all-it-takes-is-a-phone-call-to-start-you-screaming/
After the horrendous news given so clinically of my son’s cancer , I continued to write for my own sake – to take me away from my own terrors for a brief while. The blog became a cathartic tool to give me strength to deal – week after week , month after month documenting the days the events and the back story of the approximately 64 categories on this blog, the 1,559 posts to date with at least another 150 in draft form .
Drafts– they reside in the not yet published stage for many reasons- in some cases I hesitate to publish – are they a “bridge too far” – should they not be consigned to hard copy – Would people really understand and believe ( even with documentation) ….. remains to be seen
https://thatwoman.wordpress.com/2014/07/03/july-3rd-the-story-the-book-chris-ritchey/
and a few that will have to wait until I am dead so I do have the last word
ED Note: I wonder if my family will have the guts to press publish 😉
If I can pat myself on the back, the millions ( yes millions) of words written by me in 10 years – I can truthfully say every single thought, opinion and happenstance is accurate and truthful ( to the best of my knowledge) I have documented and or linked to documentation throughout those years the reasoning for my opinions etc.
Has this blog accomplished anything changed thinking , made a difference. If I am honest NO!-
The hypocrites still exist getting on with their lives , falling on their on their knees to pray and get their blessings from a church that has its own issues
https://thatwoman.wordpress.com/2013/03/11/the-cardinal-letter-h-for-hypocrisy-pappish-style/
– no sanction for the pain they caused for those grieving the loss of their son , brother and uncle . https://thatwoman.wordpress.com/2010/12/11/december-11th-the-beginning-of-the-beginning/
Homes and buildings in Lorain still are falling down, inspection processes are still a shambles thanks in part to the procedures and the courts, deals are still being dealt, government ( no need to say more)
https://thatwoman.wordpress.com/2015/09/17/the-follow-up-a-tale-of-two-houses-city-council-Loraine/
Lorain’s history consigned to files in a cabinet. Not one piece of Lorain Lorain’s tangible history has been appreciated or saved by the thousands of words written about those early pioneers.
https://thatwoman.wordpress.com/2014/10/23/generally-gillmore-the-last-post-lorain-part-12/
Hardly anybody really cares- scandals ( especially with this year’s White House) pile on and are forgotten , replaced with even more poor behavior.
https://thatwoman.wordpress.com/2016/02/17/is-trump-the-toxic-avenger-or-dynasty-destroyer/
Society, as we who were bought up by the post war ( WW2) generation thought it should be, society has not lived up the “greatest generation” standards.
Source :https://backpackerlee.wordpress.com/2015/03/27/traditional-british-fish-and-chips/
The saying (which the Brits will remember) – “today’s news is tomorrows fish and chip wrapper” – still holds true today. Although no longer allowed due to health and safety standards – they can’t wrap up your meal in newspaper anymore.
The premise is still the same “the news today is soon forgotten consigned to the garbage can” – it can be resurrected come election time in some cases but happenings that would have been unacceptable by society in decades prior are accepted for the most part.
https://thatwoman.wordpress.com/2010/12/14/the-media-and-the-blogger-ad-it-up/
Oh! there will be a blow up on social media , posts and outrage BUT it is soon calmed , a new issue will take its place. We did our bit we were outraged on line thinking. The perpetrators of course have realized this new way of protest and the fact we the public have a short attention span.
As my mentor Jean Schaeffer said ” this too will pass” she was right. So why bother , even the documentation linked to from other blogs , newspaper links to various stories disappear from my site . I learned too late to make hardcopies in those early months.
I have documented the past 10 years, the good, the bad, the ugly, and just maybe in the time to come a researcher will come across these thoughts and opinions and get the “true story” – who knows – worth a try anyway. Well 10 years , I am not sure I have another 10 years and the blog’s fate is day to day……………… but come what may I will probably have the last word- remember don’t speak ill of the dead 😉 just not done….
Entry filed under: a Cow -elle opinion, Blogging, blogs, Brit take, everything else. Tags: Blogging Anniversay, waste not want not.
1. Dave | January 21, 2018 at 3:54 pm
I think you have done a terrific job. Maybe there have not been earth shattering changes due to your work but I think you have kept the eyes of a bunch of us open.
Keep on keeping on!!!
2. thatwoman | January 21, 2018 at 4:13 pm
it is what it is – and is that all there is my friend Is that all there is, is that all there is
If that’s all there is my friends, then let’s keep dancing
Let’s break out the booze and have a ball
If that’s all there is
3. Mark J Teleha | January 21, 2018 at 4:17 pm
I think you’ve made a difference. All one has to do is walk over to 2nd St to see what used to be a wretched dump is now a place where those that served are remembered, a place where one can sit in peace and listen to the wind and look at nature. Not to mention exposing the hypocrisy of countless people, and inspiring some folks to take action.
Thank you for all you’ve done. Hope you and yours are coping as best you can.
Hugs,
Mark (Henery) 🙂
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4. thatwoman | January 21, 2018 at 4:19 pm
thanks Mark –
5. muley | January 23, 2018 at 3:04 pm
it’s not always going to be this grey……