Between The Lines...the 50+ Bloggers Series....



The lovely Katherine at Katherines Corner, made an offer some months ago now, to promote we...ahem...ladies of a certain age, and our blogs, through her fabulous Between the Lines Series.

 

This series has offered us all a wonderful platform through which to promote our blogs, and a way of showing how sassy and savvy those of us with some life experience behind us, can be!

Katherine has asked each of the featured bloggers over the last 7 weeks, a few questions about life and blogging and it's been an interesting insight into the life of the surprised (I say that because, really....did you ever think you'd be doing this at this stage of life?) blogger, to say the least.

Here's my own contribution...

Katherine asked "As an age 50 or older blogger, do you find your readers are of a similar age."

My response: Yes and No. I find that the readers who comment are invariably of similar age and interests, but as my blog content is so diverse, I generate many views from sources that I wouldn’t really consider ’50+’. By far, my greatest reader sources are Facebook and Pinterest, and I have increased my statistics over tenfold in the last eighteen months by focusing on posts and activity in those areas. It’s not an outcome I could ever have predicted, but it’s certainly helped me identify my niche!

Katherine asked "What was the last gift you gave and what was it for?"

My response: Many of my blog posts focus on creative gift giving, and my most recently gifted item was Romantic themed clothespegs, packaged with similarly themed gift wrap and greeting card. This was given with a favourite classic novel and a beautifully embellished book weight, to my darling sister for her birthday. She loved it! I love tailoring the gift to the recipient, and sharing those ideas on my blog is a constant creative pleasure for me.
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The thing that has struck me about this series, is that through blogging, we have all found a path to connect with like minded friends. This was once done through common interest groups in our neighbourhood at the local Church or Community Hall. Now, me? I was never one for attending meetings and making new friends through those meetings. My life is so frantic much of the time, with three adult sons with partners, a daughter at high school and heavily involved in the performing arts, and three lovely grandchildren. So fronting up to a regular gathering, is always a challenge.

Blogging however, allows me the opportunity to generate friendships through a common bond, even if that bond is simply 'blogging'. Even better though, is that I can actively seek friends with similar interests in life, who are at a similar stage in life, and consolidate those friendships over a period of time, that does not necessitate 'a meeting'. It's an unexpected joy and a true pleasure in my life.

If someone had told me twenty years ago, that I would have literally hundreds of friends all over the world, with whom I connect daily, I would have laughed.

And yet...here we are....

I hope you'll hop on over to Katherine's Corner and visit the other bloggers featured this week. Follow their blogs, follow them on other social media, and see if it doesn't make your day.