Voice of America

The blog might be mentioned in an Voice of America article and if so, and any readers came from the article welcome.

I got a call from the writer of the article today, which was a bit odd after I thought about it, but it’s okay.

There are several reasons why I’ve put up this blog, and I haven’t mentioned them in a time. Hmmm, and come to think of it, I’m approaching an anniversary.

One reason I started the blog, was I needed a writing exercise. One of the things I want to do when I “grow up”, is to write teaching materials for my students. I do some already but I’m not real happy with it yet. I think of this blog as a “child” of the Medrants blog (www.medrants.com), because I had been reading his blog for a while and he mentioned the same reason for writing his, which gave me the impedious.

The reason I’ve focused on diabetes, is that this blog has seemed to be a good respository for the information I’ve gathered about diabetes on the internet. That’s why many of the entries ARE news articles. I have gotten more and more selective over the years, I do reference EVERY THING, just the useful stuff.

Since my diagnosis, I spent a great deal of time dealing with the issue on the internet. My tendency, since I teach this stuff, is to use the internet to solve as many problems as possible. I guess I keep hoping I’ll find a short cut or even a cure on the web, and I’m sure I have.

Finally, I do spend a great deal of my time on the internet itself. I have a classroom website where I keep my classroom assignments, have my students turn in their work, etc. I keep my dog photos on line (and on my palm), and I even use iShape for workshops.

Definately an internet person. Interesting bit of trivia — I had the second personal internet account in the DFW area.

Finally, if I can help anyone following this path, I’m glad to do so.