Before I got active at Medium again and joined their partner program, I read mostly books and online posts. Many of those posts were written by other bloggers. I didn’t read most of them because I was interested but because I was networking. I belong to several Facebook groups for bloggers and we help each other out by reading and commenting on each other’s work. Many of my blogging friends write about products I have little interest in, though some about gardening, homesteading, books, and writing do interest me.

I have stopped posting to my blogs temporarily for a few weeks until my taxes are finished and I get a few projects done around the house. At this time I’m …