Are you there?
I often wondered if what I wrote landed in the bottom of the bird cage where, even if it went unread, it was put to good use. Yet over the years, I’ve been lucky enough to hear from many readers who’ve taken the time to pick up the phone, write a note, or, more recently, shoot off an email, to let me know that they actually have read what I’ve written. Sometimes they agreed with what I’ve had to say, and sometimes they didn’t. And sometimes they wrote to say that my words resonated, evoking a treasured memory, a common experience, a shared insight. While I’ve appreciated their kind words, what I most valued was the real, human connection my words could spark, the aha moment, the incredulous, hey, you feel that way too, the stuff that binds us together. No comments yet. You can be the first!
In a world that moves all too fast, with way too much information for any of us to process, it still amazes me that someone would take the time to write -- and connect.
So the chance to blog for Jewish News seemed a perfect way to multiply the potential for those ahas, or oh mys. More writing, I thought, more readers, more interchange.
Alas, that has not been the case, at least from the dismal rate of response to my blog. Only two comments, one left by a loyal cousin from Brooklyn on my Facebook page, another in the form of an email from a reader with an interest in Sephardic music (and children with CDs to market).
So, if you are reading this, I’m putting out a sort of Judy Blume-like plea (you remember the “Are you there God, it's me Margaret?” preteen classic) and ask you to just let me know.
Hey readers, are you there?
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