24 June 2011
There is something in human nature that makes us struggle with change as we learn to embrace it. Nine years ago, my husband and I ventured into the small market newspaper business. The idea was a local, weekly paper focused on the county where we lived. Two years later we closed the paper. We were older and somewhat wiser. But dreams die hard and often take twists and turns. I do more writing now than I did when we owned the business.
We kept a few samples of our paper edition and I continued to keep the old URL. Each year the URL remained in virtual space, much like a house with sheets of plywood for windows. I’ve always thought that boarded up houses and empty buildings were a waste of resources.
Why doesn’t someone sell them, give them away or fix them? Maybe the timing isn’t right. We can speculate all day on what someone else should do with resources or abilities. Instead, maybe we should look carefully at our own. It’s time to throw out what doesn’t work and glean what does.
The URL became one of those spring cleaning items that I did not know what to do with. As often happens in research and writing, ideas began to connect. I discovered a small piece of information that I had not known. Finally, I had an answer as to what to do with www.randophobserver.com.
I clicked on a link under WordPress News and found out that I could point my blog to the old URL. In effect, I could take the boards off the windows and renovate my virtual space. For anyone interested in reading Bridgingcenturies.wordpress.com, it means an easier name. For me, it means a check beside my to-do list and an effort at renovating.
