Truly The Long Arm Of The Lore
This week's interview is with Sandi McBride,
The first of the standard questions. Why do you blog?
I started blogging after I retired from Law Enforcement to keep my mind busy. I have written a weekly column for our local paper for the past ten years, but I needed more than that was giving me and the garden is a temporary thing at best.
What's the story behind your blog name?
When I turned 40 I told everyone that they should consider me in a holding pattern, no more birthdays to annoy or destroy ... that was 20 years ago and I'm still in the same holding pattern.
What is the best thing about being a blogger?
The best thing to me is the people I meet through my blogging. I have always loved people and interacting with them. I am proud to say that even people I placed in jail during my law enforcement career still smile and hug me when they see me and often tell me that I made an impact on their lives. It doesn't get better than that.
What key advice would you give to a newbie blogger?
Write what you know about ... it comes easy if you keep that one one important rule in mind. If it's your family, your career or your hobbies, just offer the benefit of your knowledge to others and you'll be rewarded by your audience tenfold.
What is the most significant blog post you've ever read?
One of my dearest friends is Sue (or SusieQ at Rabbit Run Cottage) She posted about the sad loss of a pet and the wonderful lessons learned from it. It was entitled A Dog Knows and it is this perfectly written piece on why animals don't live as long as humans. A must read.
What is the most significant blog post you've ever written?
I don't know that I like that question much as it seems to much like bragging. But I guess for me it would have to be the post about how I feel about blogging and bloggers (and it's at Kindness Of Strangers if you care to read it. )
Today's Sunday Roast with Sandi McBride is the 36th in a weekly series of interviews with bloggers from around the world.
Today's winner is Sandi McBride with It Ain’t Over Till It’s Over. The other top contenders were Merisi with Looking Up; Indica Species with Roadtripping Sahyadris; Sandy Carlson with Central Park Blues; Erin with Summer Beach Blues; Magic Of Integrated Circuits with Pole Dancers; Easy For Me To Say with What’s In A Name; Napple Notes with Boss Is A Dirty Word; Suburb Sanity with Excuse Me, Waitress; Deborah Godin with Tomorrow – You Can Count On It and Babooshka with A River Runs Through It. Do pay them a visit and leave a comment if you have time.
