Blogging Sociology 101

In sociology you study the behaviour of people in different groups and how your own behaviour is affected by society and by day-to-day experiences. It's a subject which helps us understand the world around us better and therefore ourselves as well.

And that's exactly what's happened with me and blogging!

It all started back in October when A Prairie Girl (to give credit where credit it due) "happened" upon my blog and started commenting. By visiting her blog, I was introduced to a new world of like-minded people who were in consistent communication. Through her and her site, I found out about the "sociology" of blogging, in part having to do with patting each other on the back as well as learning about different issues, viewpoints, and Soulful photography.

And from there I've taken off! Which is to say why you now see some sidebar additions here on In Soul! This has been in the works inside of me for some time now and will continue to grow as I figure out HTML and such.

Please welcome and visit those Soulful Blogs and Artists who mentor me. They'll all love to see you because, well, that's what sociology is all about!

Christmas In Hannover: Last(ing) Impressions

Now that I'm back in Atlanta and have published my photo album of last week's Christmas Market in Hannover, I am full of impressions and memories.

It was greetings and lights, meetings and nights of families and friends drinking and eating together in outside wonderment. It was buying and selling, craftsmanship and music, Soul and comedy, children in awe, children playing, swaddled chill and thrill, thought and emotion.

And yes, even Baby Jesus was there. There's been so much fuss these days over the "Christmas Wars" and being politically correct. If you want to get into all that, please see my nephew's post for some excellent dialog. But for me right now, Christmas is all of the above and my posts of the last few days. It's all the stuff that births wonder and merriment and soul, giving and creating holy space for holy-days (Holidays).

Thank you, Hannover. And now it's your turn, Atlanta!