Late on a springtime Saturday night, Baby Dawes came into this world. She wasn’t due for another couple of weeks, but she and I both knew she was quickly running out of room in there. My baby shower had been just a month before, and even then I was busting at the seams. But the…
Is blogging still a thing anymore? Are people blogging in 2025? Is blogging officially dead? Is blogging officially back?
I can always tell that the person is asking for some kind of permission from the internet to start a blog, and looking for a sort of guarantee of success. And I don’t think that’s how blogging, at its essence, is supposed to be.
But also — what the hell do I know? I fully intended for my first blog to be immediately successful and hoped for it to make enough money to support my entire career lololol.
A lot has happened since the last time I was consistently updating the Life Rustic blog… But, to summarize: We made our way back to Colorado, spent about a year in Colorado Springs, and eventually ventured down to our land in Alamosa.
A few years ago, my Christmas gift to myself was deleting my Instagram account. Ok, to be completely honest — I’d had some eggnog and was feeling bold. But then the next year got wild…
Let me just say, that I am a lover of communication — the sharing of ideas and experiences through photographs, music, writing — I dig it all. So why, then, do I sometimes feel uninspired after spending a portion of my day scrolling through my various social media accounts?
I had just asked for a sign, some sort of guidance, in a prayer the night before, when I’m contacted by the high school where I’d graduated over a decade ago. They need an English teacher, they tell me. Would I think about sticking around for the coming year?
