This is one of THOSE blog posts.

You know, those entries you read where the author obviously didn’t have a specific topic in mind to write about, so instead just rambles about his or her life? Not that there’s anything wrong with that type of post. They get a bit of a bad rap, I think, actually. Their interest level really depends on the person who’s writing them – like, is their life interesting?

Just kidding; actually, there are writers I know who aren’t even that amazing at writing, but are great bloggers because they have a pithiness and authenticity to their writing (doesn’t that sound all book-reviewer-ish?). And there are great writers who make me want to be more like them when I read their posts, and there are people who can ramble on and on about their daily lives and I still read with complete interest.

And then, of course, there are those posts… like this one… that seem pointless and nonsensical. Posts I wouldn’t normally even write; I’d just put off blogging for another day. But see, I’m participating in this NaBloPoMo thing, so I’m committed to writing daily. And I don’t want to just post videos or links, so I’m writing.

And as I’ve been writing every day for the past five days, I’m beginning to feel that frequent inclination to write again. It’s wonderful, familiar, and unsettling all at once. Me, a writer? I’d almost forgotten what that felt like.

Does it feel like this – almost-aimless typing, words flowing quickly from my fingertips onto a blank screen? Wondering what to say, whether to mention the elephant in the room (the election), why hot apple cider cools down so much more quickly than coffee, why I mention hot apple cider so often on my blog when I drink coffee much more frequently? Why my thoughts seem incohesive yet brilliant? Okay, maybe not brilliant. Hardly.

Something else blogging-related – I’ve majorly cut down on the number of blogs I’m subscribed to. I’d gotten a little carried away, wanting to make sure I kept up with blog friends and absorbed every good thing the blogosphere has to offer – but I wasn’t even reading any of it because it piled up so quickly. So now I’m just reading a few select blogs, and enjoying them much more because I can actually keep up with them!

I don’t want to end without offering you something in return for your commitment to actually peruse this entry, so here are a couple of links to some blogs I’ve been enjoying lately (other than the ones listed on my blogroll, obviously) – Empowered Traditionalist by Christa Taylor, a modest fashion designer; Heart and Home by Ashleigh, a young military wife and mama; and Rocks in My Dryer, the queen bee of Christian mommy bloggers. Enjoy (especially if you’re a Christian woman; I don’t know if those would be of interest to many others).

Well, I think I’ve fulfilled my daily blogging commitment for today – adios!