Seniors join new generation of bloggers

KNIGHT RIDDER NEWSPAPERS
Much is made of teenage blogging in this tech-crazed culture. Parents worry that they should sneak a peek on the popular site MySpace.com.
But at the same time, new moms blog about sleepless infants. And news junkies can't stop chatting about politics.
But here is yet another twist on the share-all-your-thoughts compulsion. Senior citizens are joining the movement.
Time magazine cites such sites as My Mom's Blog and Oldest Living Blog. People are talking about daily events and international politics. A 92-year-old man in Tennessee writes "Dad's Tomato Garden Journal," on which he addresses thoughts on not only tomatoes but also love and life.
A 75-year-old woman chats on Me and the Cat about her pet, President Bush and her first bikini.
"This is a generation that has stories to share," Susannah Fox, of Pew Internet and American-Life Projects, told Time. She says 4 percent of online adults 70 and older have a blog. Sixteen percent say they have looked at blogs.
To join the wave, go to www.blo
g.com or www.seniornet.org.