Um.... I guess.

It may be that it was time for a change in the blog anyway. Sometimes its the cosmetic changes that make us look a little deeper into what lies at the heart of a thing. It does not always make sense but it is often the case. In this instance, the blog was dated and not as crisp and clean as I would have liked even though I was rather attached to the way it looked. Afterall, my first blog and the first template that I really settled on, there needs to be some kind of continuity to at thing. And I hate it when a blog up and changes its look; makes me think that I went somewhere I didn't mean to be. And it is the first rule of blogging.

Don't make your reader wonder if they got the right house. As much as a constant address, a constant look to your blog tells a reader they are home. I love that about Wil and Michelle's blogs. I know I have the right house and once I get inside I can settle down and enjoy being there for as long as I like. On the other hand; there is something to be said for change.

Blogger keeps developing these tools and creating more layouts to appeal to a wider variety of writer so that the community will grow. And if anyone would know the cardinal and veneal rules of blogging it would be Blogger. So why create a new template and change the basic services so that you can't keep your old blog's look, or get back to the old look if you mess up or change your mind, if that rule is so sacrosanct? Exactly.

So the key is balance. I'll try not to change templates as often as I change necklaces no matter how cool the thing looks. I may swap out some colors for the sake of readability. But I won't know that needs to happen until I start writing nd find out what annoys the crap out of me.

Hope you guys are having a gret time writing your own blogs and remembering to keep your pleasures simple and frequent. For myself I am thinking that this weekend (weekend for me) is going to be the time to really dig into the sand and get some good vibes running through me. I've got to think fast and think well.