The following bloggers were requested by Reconstruction to post a blog on why they blog. The blog post title (in “quotes”) is an external link to the blogger’s full response.
Introductions written by Michael Benton.
[See the link 9above) for a wide selction of responses, including]:
Prairie Mary
(Valier, Montana: USA)
I first came across Prairie Mary on the ASLE list-servs when I was studying/teaching place-based issues. I was always impressed by her wide range of knowledge and her passionate involvement with political, spiritual and environmental issues. Take a look at her bio on the weblog: she has a degree in speech education, taught on a Blackfeet reservation for a decade, worked five years in Animal Control in Portland, then got an MA in Religious Studies and a MDiv, spent ten years working in ministry, later she did another stint for the City of Portland… in addition to her wide range of experiences and knowledge she has a comfortable and warm, yet complex, writing style.
“Ten Points for ‘Reconstruction’”
“Blogging is halfway between dreaming and preaching. I usually have an idea to pursue or at least a theme, but I’m sometimes surprised by what comes onto my mind-screen. … Words are my paint. The computer is my grand piano. I often have the impression as I sit here that this is the elephant-ivory and ebony keyboard of a piano. But I can SEE the “music” and revise it as much as I need to. Any art form demands practice and blogs are my scales.”
(See this Librarian’s Place posting for Prairie Mary’s article Theory and Practice of Blogging)
