Contemplating the Blog

A couple of weeks ago I was in a situation where I needed to be able to describe my blog concisely to other people.  A friend of mine said (roughly paraphrasing), "That's easy.  It's a rant blog.  You post whenever you feel like you're taking up comments threads ranting about something."

I have to say, this stung a bit.  It stung because I felt that this description ignored the other things I write about.  It also stung because it's not untrue.

So.

I'm trying to figure out what I want this blog to be, if I don't want it to devolve into a "rant blog."

This may take awhile.

Comments

[New Kid on the Hallway]

I don't think this is a rant blog - sure, you *do* rant (don't we all?), but you post a lot of nature writing, too, as well as other life stuff).

[Jill Smith]

Someone asked me what my blog was about lately. All I could say was, "It's not about anything - except the things that interest me."

[Pizzadiavola]

Nothing wrong with a rant blog, either--your rants are articulate and often break down complicated topics into easily-understood arguments.

[John]

Your posts don't really seem like rants, or at least not rants as I understand them. It's more like a personal (but public) journal.

[Thud]

I'm actually on the hunt for more good rant blogs, and found yours. Everyone has too much focus on their blogs these days. I like an eclectic writer.