I’m going absolutely bozonkers over working on my pro blogs lately. There’s a push on to polish them up, professionalize them, and although I’m well in favor of jettisoning bloggers who have yet to shake hands with the punctuation principal, I’m none too thrilled with the perpetual refrain of “stick to topic”.
My blogs are on international and older parent adoption, and in my little mind both of those cover a range of possible subjects that could be massaged to include just about anything I find interesting. I am, after all, an older international adoptive parent, and seeing that most of my perspective takes on some flavor from this huge part of who I am, what could I write about that is not ‘on topic’?
Apparently, the company doesn’t see things this way, however, and prefers I bang a more repetitive drum. They weren’t at all impressed by my two-parter on intergalactic adoption, and have strongly suggested I don’t go THERE again. Go figure.
Because I already end up with more adoption-related news than I can use, and now will have so much more, I’m going to start posting info here. News about Cambodia will especially feature, as the regular Friday feature of an update on Cam news is no longer favored on the International site being ‘off topic’ … much of it is not specific to adoption … and I’ll be updating regularly.
If you’re coming here from CAL or GAARP or RathCare to follow Cam news updates, welcome! I’m happy to have you. If there is specific adoption-related news, I’ll link to the blog where I post it.
A collection of my short stories:
I'm in this one, too ...
And I'm in here, as well ...
Paradise Preoccupied 
WHAT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! CAMBODIAN NEWS IS NOT RELATED TO CAMBODIAN ADOPTION????? OF COURSE ALL POLITICS IN A COUNTRY ARE CONNECTED TO ADOPTION … AND SHOULDN’T ADOPTIVE PARENTS BE AWARE OF THE POLITICS OF THEIR CHILD’S COUNTRY OF ADOPTION?????????asyouwouldsaysandra…geeeeeesh
lisa
Sandra,
I like the new blog. Did the company ever think that maybe all those supposedly off topic posts were what brings people to your blog again and again? I find your blog full of the best content on adoption of just about any adoption blog I’ve read! Thanks for adding me to your blogroll. I don’t know if I ever told you but you are on mine as well, now I will add this blog too. You have great, thought-provoking content. Keep up the great writing!
Personally I think the company is double talking me to death! Do this, then next thing you know, do the opposite. Half the things that I would be interested in reading, they do not see as so “on topic”, go figure.
You know I adore you so keep doing what you do!