Blog Spotlight: Golfwidow's Ministry of Silly Walks

An Interview with the Author of "Golfwidow's Ministry of Silly Walks", Sondra Harris

Sondra Harris, author of the blog Golfwidow's Ministry of Silly Walks, has just recently made the jump from blogger to published author with her book Getting My Think On.  Her writing is witty, wry, and sometimes snark-heavy, but always fun to read.  In this interview, she tells us a little about the evolution of her blog, and some of the best (and worst) parts of putting her thoughts and observations on life out on the internet for public consumption.

When did you start writing "Golfwidow's Ministry of Silly Walks"?

I started writing my online "diary", which was neither a "blog" nor had anything to do with "silly walking" at the time, in November of 2001. So I guess I've got an anniversary coming up. I wonder if I should start hinting for presents now so people have time to shop.

Why did you start your blog originally? Has your reason for keeping it up changed since you started it?

I opened an account in Diaryland because any time I clicked on any links in my friends' Diaryland diaries, it kept throwing me back to a log-in page (which was poor programming, but I didn't yet know that). It was just easier for me to create a profile and log in once than to keep trying to trace where I was trying to go to begin with. Once I was already going in there, it was a small step to saying, "Well, hell, I can do this," and from there to declaring a mission statement (much like the space program, only not as noble). My declared intent was to create some sort of discipline in myself to inspire me to write at least a little bit every day ... and if I came up with anything worth publishing in the process, so much the better. While I have new inspirations for writing now, such as trying to amuse myself and others, and trying to share the absurdities of the world with my fellow planet dwellers, my original mission statement is still my primary reason for blogging. And although my life is often too hectic to allow me to post something online on a daily basis, I still post at least once or twice a week and, more importantly, I write something every day even if I don't post it for public consumption.