It all started with a dog and now continues with a different dog

 My first blog back in 2005 was called "Of Mini Paws and Menopause."  At the time we had a corgi named Koda.  You can figure out who was the mini paws and who was going through menopause at the time.

Over the years I deleted blogs and started a few new blogs.  Most were centered around Koda with names like "A Corgi's Tale" and my second to last one "A Corgi in Southern California."  I shared a lot of pictures of him.  My main theme was to write about him because he was so cute and also write about my faith in Jesus.  I had a nice following mainly because I followed a lot of blogs and left meaningful comments on them, not "fly by" comments as I call them when someone just says "have a nice day" and you have no idea really if they even read what you wrote.  I figured if someone was taking the time to write about what they wanted to share, I should take the time to read it and write a comment relative to their content of what they wrote.

In 2012 I retired "A Corgi in Southern California" and started a new one.  "A Bench with a View."  I was "inspired" to do that by seeing a bench overlooking the ocean when we were living in the San Diego area.  My "mission" was to find benches by scenic views.  

We lost Koda to cancer in December 2014 and decided to remain without a pet for at least a year to grieve him.  We ended up waiting 5 years to get another corgi as so much was happening in those 5 years.  Several moves, son getting married, a grandson born, a long commute for hubby, etc.  Hubby retired December 2019 and in February 2020 out of the blue I said "we should get a puppy."  Winslow came to live with us March 7, 2020.  The day literally everything started going crazy with the pandemic and the run on toilet paper and the like.  

I continued blogging but blogged less in 2020 than previous years and eventually stopped blogging on "A Bench with a View" in November 2020.  I was burnt out.  I was tired of politics and pandemics and the like people were writing about so I just stopped.  I commented on some blogs but the majority I unfollowed.  I think over time you can out grow interest in someone's blog and there were blogs I followed almost from day one of blogging that I didn't enjoy any more.  I'm sure people feel (felt) the same way about my blogs and I hope anyone reading this won't take offense to it.  

So now I'm starting this new blog.  Winslow's Corner of Arizona is Winslow's official AKC name.  Our plan was for us to travel with him to various scenic places in Arizona and have pictures taken of him there and then learn how to put hubby's fantastic guitar playing along with the pictures and have a YouTube channel.  Funny thing was Winslow was not fond of car rides (much better these days) and a lot of places were closed for so long because of the pandemic.

This blog is going to be "fluff."  Literally posts about places in Arizona in our area where we live.  Winslow's Corner of the state.  I do not intend to publicize it but only to tell a few people about it.  

It will be fun to see where it goes or where I go with it.  

Be prepared for lots of corgi pictures and corgi stories.  He really has an interesting personality but that's another post for another day.