tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37220856.post6427932844123235901..comments2012-01-05T08:33:29.939-05:00Dixie Sargent Redmondhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18290571323764327616noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37220856.post-86502084836632560362012-01-05T08:33:29.939-05:002012-01-05T08:33:29.939-05:00Just back from AZ...<br /><br />I enjoy blogs that ramble from topic to topic once in a while, blogs that illustrate Real Life instead of Perfect Life, and blogs in which the writer expresses but does not constantly rant. <br /><br />Yours is one of those blogs. :~)JDConwellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17610411044128692258noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37220856.post-59458943346081476132012-01-05T04:40:51.278-05:002012-01-05T04:40:51.278-05:00Thanks for commenting, Catherine and Maddy. You saved me from &quot;crickets&quot;. ;-)Dixie Sargent Redmondhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18290571323764327616noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37220856.post-78755789160672845092012-01-04T21:21:45.188-05:002012-01-04T21:21:45.188-05:00Authenticity is essential unless you&#39;re writing fiction.Maddyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05828186178060722812noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37220856.post-41492527573676476542012-01-02T21:45:23.687-05:002012-01-02T21:45:23.687-05:00Authenticity means true to who you are. For some people, that might be chatting about their bbq chips ... for others, it might be spilling about their addiction to reading the dictionary. It&#39;s just about focusing on who you are and not trying to be someone else or changing yourself to who you think people want you to be.<br /><br />I enjoy authentic bloggers because I know what to expect from them - - so if I like them, I pretty much always like them.Catherinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00491280935032504726noreply@blogger.com