Tarheel Ramblings

The scope and sequence of this post is simple.

Lee changed his mind.Then he changed his blog. Then his blog changed him. Or was it the other way around?
In the course of four months, this rel­a­tively new blog­ger (although cer­tainly not a new writer or pho­tog­ra­pher) melded into a com­mu­nity of blog pros offer­ing his own Car­olina brand of “real.” As real as any Tarheel sojourner can get, one “Lee” of Tarheel Ram­blings knows a thing or two about reassess­ment. And not just recently.

In this short and mean­ing­ful post called Moti­va­tions Change writ­ten Feb­ru­ary 8, 2008, he hon­estly divulges the begin­nings of his blog days and what they meant to him — and then slaps him­self silly with a rev­e­la­tion. At first he had a lot to rail against and rant about; I imag­ine he still does. He wanted to spill them onto a blog page for pos­ter­ity. What he didn’t count on was get­ting caught in a web of peo­ple who would become more to him than just anony­mous com­menters and debate fod­der. Sud­denly, it wasn’t all about him. It wasn’t about him at all.

Lee clearly echoes the sen­ti­ments of many blog­gers who wish to say the same.
Lee brought a lot from Car­olina with him to the blog table. Today he says about blog­ging.…
“What I didn’t know is that I would become part of a vir­tual com­mu­nity that is less self-absorbed than I tend to be. The blo­gos­phere is filled with humor, com­pas­sion, sup­port and a sense of com­mu­nity that is often lack­ing in the real world. .….…In other words, friend­ships are devel­oped, rela­tion­ships are built, and growth hap­pens. All through par­tic­i­pa­tion in this thing called blog­ging. “

He clearly echoes the sen­ti­ments of many blog­gers who wish to say the same. We wish to say “Wel­come to the blog­world, Lee.” Most days, it’s a fine place to be. And you’re doing just great.

You’ve won The Ris­ing Blogger’s Post of The Day for writ­ing such an hon­est post full of self-realization and promise. We look for­ward to more of your writ­ing — and awe­some pho­tog­ra­phy — in the future. Congratulations!

Review writ­ten by MIMI LENOX.