Seacosat HIstory Blog #01
NOVEMBER 1, 2008 

Someone told me a few years ago that this web site was little more than Robinson’s blog. The speaker intended the comment to be a slap. Blogs were a new concept and represented, at the time, a new baseline for content on the Web. A blog was little more than a few words from an unknown person, an online diary for the masses. (Continued)

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You kept a blog if you couldn’t afford a real Web site. Now CNN has staff members who scan blogs around the world to capture the pulse of the planet. Blogs are the voice of the world’s largest army of reporters. Even important people keep blogs. So I guess it’s safe to come out of the closet. Having spent 30 years writing about the Seacoast region of New Hampshire, and the last dozen focused on local history, it appears I’ve developed a certain expertise. It sounds pompous to say so, but it would be silly to say otherwise. My office is packed with books and documents and artifacts about local history. I have, right here beside me, manila folders with hundreds of topics under development. When people ask questions about local history, I often know the answers, or at least, I know who knows. My intention is not to write a diary here, but rather a journal of the mind focused on the topic of local history. I will comment, when there Is value, on history events in the news. I’ll keep you abreast of the projects I’m working on and fill you in on interesting details that might have gone unreported in another form. The beauty of the blog is that it can happen quickly, whereas the writing of history is a slow process in which researching a single article can take months or years. I’ll sprinkle these pages with the seeds of what will sometimes become full-blown articles, and sometimes not. If people read this blog (and thanks to technology, I can literally count the number of readers) then it will remain a regular feature of the site. If not, it will disappear. If you think I’m off base or wrong (or right) then send me your response that may be posted in READ OUR MAIL.

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