Notes toward a definition of what we’re doing here
Note to a longtime blogfriend & potential contributor about a month ago (if I’ve posted it before, forgive me; I’m entering the Repetition Years).
It’s auguring to be a somewhat nonpolitical place — not that anything is off limits. But politics doesn’t dig deep enough to get at what we seem to be longing for . . . our bearings.
Note today to a new political blogger seeking to exchange links:
Much appreciated, but I’ve just largely decommissioned AmbivaBlog and am spearheading a less political group blog, Ambiance, which doesn’t have a blogroll yet. It’s not that we rule out talking about politics, just that we have the feeling a much broader shift is underway and politics is just the tip of the iceberg, if that.
I hope the “we” is not presumptuous. This isn’t “my place.” So correct me if I’m wrong; or elaborate more on what you think is going on here, or would like it to be.
Ambiance 
Theo Boehm said,
April 28, 2009 at 3:38 pm
As far as I’m concerned, that isn’t presumptuous at all. It’s just what I thought was going to be the direction.
Melinda said,
April 28, 2009 at 4:42 pm
Not only are “we” heading in that direction, but I’ve been heading in that direction, so assume away.
Ron said,
April 28, 2009 at 5:55 pm
The more my friends try to paint me into a political corner, the more I wind up rejecting politics as a whole.
Donna B. said,
April 28, 2009 at 7:42 pm
Ron — exactly!
I do not want to be defined by someone else’s definitions of where my ideas/ideals lie on the political spectrum. For one thing, they are all over the place, so how can I be labeled so easily?
It’s sad that I fight this battle most often with my brother and sister. My husband (through a fascination with CSpan) has come around to my way of thinking that one side (perhaps even both together) don’t know the “truth”.