Pencils, Blogging, and Hope

Melissa says...

Blogging is a very private endeavor, by virtue of it being a written expression of your soul.

Yet at the same time, blogging is an incredibly public endeavor. ... How can something so intrinsically good and open and downright illuminescent — you learn about yourself, when you write — withstand the ravages of the open internet?

... and I agree with her. This has nothing to do with my strange joy of a perfectly sharpened pencil. Well, maybe a little.