The Death of Blogging?

Some of my friends still update their blogs, though less often than they once did. I stepped away from mine for a long stretch, (lost a year or two in between) despite how much I valued it. That absence feels like a loss. And it is.

The shift is easy to explain. This is the age of social media and vlogging, where video dominates attention. Readers, even those who could easily turn to text, often prefer images and voices on a screen. Newspapers have seen the same decline. For those who once relied on print, television and digital media now deliver news instantly. Even major outlets fight for shrinking audiences, with survival tied to depth and serious analysis. And that's my excuse of my failure to blog more consistently?

Of course, for bloggers, the space has narrowed. I feel that our audience is even smaller. The influence weaker. Yet I am not ready to abandon mine. I want to keep it alive, even if posting comes only once in a blue moon. But when that moon rises, it makes it worthwhile.

In the end, when everything else fades, a record matters. A trace remains. For me, this blog will continue to hold reflections from home and abroad, with no filter on tone or subject. Good or bad. Serious or slight. It will all be here.

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