The Friendless Marching Band

Today I was featured on the "Friends of the Friendless Marching Band" blog. As far as I can tell, it's run by a nice woman named Carol who sends her bandmates out into the world -- okay, out into the internet -- looking for blogs that they like but that don't get enough comments.

This is what they said about me:

Today`s featured site is Excellent Walker. She is a single New Yorker who gathers observations as she walks the streets of her city. Why do I like this blog?

It`s definitely a slice of New York life.
She is a former journalist who also writes fiction.
She cares about the world and is grateful for what she has.

All of which is very sweet, and I am grateful for all the FFMB members who came by today to read and comment on my blog.

But I also feel a little pathetic now. Why am I so friendless? Is it so obvious?

Actually, what it is is this: I haven't been walking much for the last few months, mostly because of the winter weather, partly because of just general feeling down-ness (also related to the winter weather, I'm sure), so I haven't been able to write. There's a connection between writing and walking for me; or maybe it's a connection between feeling good and writing, and walking makes me feel good.

Whatever it is, now that it's warmer, I'll start walking again, and writing more posts, and then you'll all come back every day and love me, you'll really love me!