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I have started a blog. I am new to all of this blogging stuff and still have much to learn about exactly how it works. So, I am seeking your help.

After writing several posts (each entry is called a "post") and noting that no one read them, I realized I needed to do something different. I mean, it was clear that no one knew about the blog, so why or how would they read it? So this presented a dilemma for me. At first I didn't want to be presumptuous and sign people up for my blog. But in talking with my twenty-something daughter I realized that informing others about your blog, and when you have written a new post is just part of it. So, I if you are reading this, I have taken the liberty of adding your email address to the list of names of people who are informed each time I write a new post. I hope that's okay.

If you enjoy reading the blog, and I hope you do, then you can do me a favor. Sign up to "follow" the blog. That's basically a way of subscribing, a proactive step that puts you on the list of people who will be informed when a I write a new post. If you sign up to "follow" my blog that helps me, because the number of people I can put on the list to inform of new posts is limited. If you are following, then I can add other friends to the list of people who are informed about my blog, expanding the circle.

One more thing. If you don't want to read the blog, or if I am clogging your mailbox with political ranting you disagree with, or would prefer not to receive or be notified of, that's fine. Just let me know and I will be happy to remove you from the list of people who are informed of new posts.

My most recent political post, written last night, is about California Proposition 8, the ban on gay marriage, which narrowly passed. Take a look at what I have to say, and I encourage you to comment in response to the post.

Wherever you fall on the political spectrum, we have witnessed an historic event in the election of an African American to the presidency. The country is going through a very troubled time, and I hope you share the optimism I feel that with new leadership the country can get on a better path. A path that will allow the restoration of middle class wealth, our international stature, the basic constitutional rights of people and last but not least, peace.