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I miss when the Blogosphere felt like a neighborhood with all sorts of takes on the same reality, with slices of home life here, theology there, humor another place, sarcasm another. I miss feeling like walking through the internet like browsing the North End of Boston, of a the hidden lovely places in New York. Now, everything feels like Best Buy and Walmart with a Starbucks on every corner.
There are sharp moments and glimmers of beauty and whimsy, but most of what we find, is what we've always found, and very little of it stretches us, challenges us, or delights. I wonder, have I stopped looking, or have the shiniest of places been discovered and moved?
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Can the Ol’ Catholic Blog Neighborhood Come Back?
I miss when the Blogosphere felt like a neighborhood with all sorts of takes on the same reality, with slices of home life here, theology there, humor another place, sarcasm another. I miss feeling like walking through the internet like browsing the North End of Boston, of a the hidden lovely places in New York. Now, everything feels like Best Buy and Walmart with a Starbucks on every corner.
There are sharp moments and glimmers of beauty and whimsy, but most of what we find, is what we've always found, and very little of it stretches us, challenges us, or delights. I wonder, have I stopped looking, or have the shiniest of places been discovered and moved?
Continued below.
Can the Ol’ Catholic Blog Neighborhood Come Back?
