An Introduction on "Social Media Day"

Today (June 30) is celebrated internationally as “Social Media Day,” designed for recognizing the various venues (blogs, facebook, twitter, etc.) established on the Internet or other web-based technologies that have contributed to flourishing cyber communities. The occasion is also dedicated to spreading word about online sites that have opened communication for all, democratizing sources for information or entertainment. As the organizers calling for this official day have stated: “Social media has changed our lives. It has not only changed the way we communicate, but the way we connect with one another.”

Consequently, I thought this would be the perfect opportunity to add another connection and to introduce a new blog recently created by my wife Pam. Visitors will discover One Autism Mom’s Notes presents prose observations and commentaries that are complementary to the topics or details viewed in many of my works of poetry, especially those contained in the new sequence, Autism: A Poem, an ongoing experiment of a work in progress, which I have been sharing with readers in a number of recent posts.

Indeed, the current entry at Pam’s blog, “Storing” serves as an excellent example of the associations one might find between her engaging prose and some of the subject matter included among the poetry in Autism: A Poem, particularly those pieces describing the importance of memory and reading, such as “The Art of Memory,” “Night Terrors,” “Hyperlexia,” or others.

Although Pam’s appealing blog is an independent endeavor in prose designed for somewhat different purposes than my poems, I am sure readers will discover the informal and informative nature of One Autism Mom’s Notes often offers brief narratives filled with specifics about a variety of situations or conditions in which one might also indirectly witness explanations, even explications, for some of the poetry in my series of pieces developed to examine issues involving autism or family.

In addition, Pam’s vast knowledge and understanding of scholarship (as well as medical or nutritional practices) regarding autism, combined with her obvious concern and care as a mother, are displayed in the blog’s accessible entries, which I believe visitors will deem entertaining and enlightening. Therefore, I am pleased to welcome One Autism Mom’s Notes to the community of bloggers, and I am proud to recommend it to readers as a new site to explore on this “Social Media Day.”