Wine Outlook

When the Winehiker hit me with my first meme, I thought I had kinda answered the question “Why do I blog?” a few months ago with this post. Except that didn’t really explain why I got started initially.

How Wine Outlook began
Mine is not a romantic tale. Destiny for me was searching Craigslist for freelance writing jobs to help make ends meet. When I replied to 451 Press in its offer to “write about what you love,” I mentioned possible topics as WINE, cooking, hiking, poetry, etc. Thankfully, they gave me the wine blog.

I have since come to find the revenue from the ads doesn’t add up to all that much. So while I might have started to make extra money, that is definitely not the reason I continue to do this (almost) every day.

So here are 5 reasons I do:

~With my terrible memory, it is nice to have a record of the wines I’ve consumed, what I ate with them, and what I thought of them. Pictures usually included.

~The kind words from readers can brighten up otherwise gloomy days. Especially kind words from strangers who have no reason to make me feel better unless they really mean it. (See the responses to above-linked post.)

~I knew nothing about blogging when I got started. Now I’ve come to find blogs I love to read, full of useful information, suggestions, and inspiration. (See sidebar and check out some yourself)….What’s even better is that I’ve come to know some of the people behind the blogs. Sometimes it’s through conversations in comments and e-mails. Or sometimes it’s in person, like when I had a lovely dinner the other night with Sonadora of Wannabe Wino and her husband Matt. Or how I plan on finally making it over to Twisted Oak tomorrow to talk to El Jefe for more than a few crowded minutes. And the meetings that have yet to happen. (Ryan and Ben and Dr. Debs have promised to come tasting with me. Just say when.)

~Blogging brings all kinds of surprises. It could be a random comment from a long-ago classmate or something as delightful as Elsbeth graciously sending me a bottle of the much coveted Petit Verdot.

~Finally, wine writing is my dream, what dragged me from Mississippi to California. This blog gives me an outlet for that. And who knows? Maybe someday the “right person” will read it and give my dreams a more solid (i.e. more financially stable) form.

And now it’s my turn to ask, why do YOU blog?
~Paul, my 451 Press pal, just wrote a great post about why he collects toys. Now, Paul, tell me why you blog.
~Sara, my newish and definitely dear friend, and I are always snapping shots as we taste wine, eat good food, etc…. Sara, why do you do it?
~the previously mentioned Sonadora
~and Dr. Debs
~And finally, though the reason is most likely to share his perverse sense of humor with the world, I’d like to know why exactly Killer Rants.

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….Farley Walker