Discovering blogging:
A writer for the paper in Coeur d'Alene, discovered blogs when a reader commented on a column of hers he'd read on one. Keep your eyes open for the blog, By Sholeh Patrick. I really like the conclusion:

"Maybe blogging is more social interaction than anything. We can get information anywhere these days, and absorb it all to our heart's content. But in a day when neighbors no longer sit outside in the evenings to chat about life, perhaps blogging is becoming the new porch swing. It's just a bigger porch."