After a month of false starts and delays, the New and Improved ChicagoNow is up and running.
And I’m part of it.
Waterdog Journal on ChicagoNow
SO, you ask, what the hell’s the big deal.
I don’t know. We’ll see.
In 1996 I started fishing. I was 40. I didn’t do much fishing before then. Within a couple of years I started leaving stories on the internet. I wanted people to see that they too could do something like this. I wanted them to find those beautiful spots I was fishing that were so close to Chicago.
I also got heavily into conservation and preservation of open space, river systems, lakes and anything else that I was interested in. I talked about it endlessly back then. That all fell by the way side a few years ago.
I’m hoping a new venture will rekindle that interest. It’s been sitting on the back burner too long.
Besides, in a metropolitan area of nearly 10 million people, conservation and preservation isn’t just important, it’s critical. Things can disappear and get destroyed far too fast.
SO, you ask, what the hell you going to do with this blog?
I don’t know. We’ll see.
The original blog will be where I get to go off on my many tangents that have nothing to do with the outdoors, which is considerable at times. I have my doubts that many reading Waterdog Journal on ChicagoNow care about writing tips to other outdoor bloggers. Or a writing contest to win a pair of windproof fingerless gloves. Or my own economic doom theory. Or how ancient aliens will be back in 2012 to start all over with the mistake they made.
I may let the original evolve into something totally different.
We’ll see how that goes.
In the mean time, bookmark the ChicagoNow blog, drop by now and then and let me know what you think.
Steve
1 Jul 2011This is pretty great. I stopped by and checked out a few of the blogs. Yours is in its own class. Neat site all around. I agree it will be interesting to see what it brings to your doorstep!
Thanks for the add Ken!
Ken G
1 Jul 2011My pleasure Steve. I’ll be putting up a post in a bit. You’re referenced for your posts on the Des Plaines, since I haven’t fished it in over 10 years. You actually make it look appealing.
Steve
1 Jul 2011Ha! Its all camera angles and flowery words. Its still the Des Plaines.. 🙂 Im having a hell of a time on it though however.
The poor mans Fox…