Ventura Highway

A few years back I was really into finding blogs to read. When I found a good one, I would scroll all the way back to the beginning.  I read some fascinating stuff! Now I am Facebook friends with some of these people ... which is great, especially since some don’t blog anymore. 

But one blog that I really miss was written by a woman in Nebraska. She was a social worker, married to her wife who was a teacher. They had a daughter who was in her teens. Their song was Ventura Highway. Ow, I’ve always loved that song...  I’m a sucker for great guitar parts, and harmonic singing. 

Anyway, the blogger never ever used her real name.  And she had a blog stalker that she wrote about...  it upset her very much. I’m sure that’s why she stopped but I wonder sometimes what happened to them. 

She told a story about their next door neighbors, a single mom and her son. The son was like a big brother to the blogger’s daughter. There were tearful goodbyes when he left for college. But he fell apart while away, and lost touch with everyone.  One day he showed up and they were ridiculously happy... but soon realized he had an addiction. He disappeared again, after stealing from his mother. They were all Heartbroken. The blog was so well written and her stories would unfold day after day. With some editing this easily could have been a book! 

Anyway, Ventura Highway. Go listen to it.