A terrific article in The Weston (CT ) Forum on an 83-year old blogger named Robert Stein. Written by Patricia Gay, the article does a great job capturing not just the life and times of Mr. Stein, which were interesting on their own, but his motivations for blogging and observations on politics. This was a pleasure to read.
At 83, Mr. Stein is happily retired and could spend his days on the golf links or sunning himself by the babbling brook in his front yard. But no, there is blogging on the computer to be done…
…Mr. Stein explains that when he retired he still felt the need to express himself, so he started writing op-ed pieces and letters to the New York Times. â??Friends kidded me about becoming a prolific letter to the editor writer,â? he said.
Then one day he wrote an op-ed piece about how John F. Kennedy would have been appalled by todayâ??s politicians. The Times decided not to publish it. Thatâ??s when he discovered that the need to express himself was â??backing upâ? on him, as he put it. So Mr. Steinâ??s son, Keith, encouraged him to write a blog.
And here he is, Connecting The Dots at 83 years young, The Blogtogenarian.