A Fond Farewell to SKB
I'll add to the growing list of eulogies for South Knox Bubba, one of the best Southern bloggers, who "powered down" his popular Tennessee blog this week for reasons still unclear (an email someone claims to have received from SKB suggested that it had "started to feel too much like work").
I'm sure there's some way to view cached versions of his blog, which was a regular stop for me and many others of the progressive persuasion (and more who weren't). If you can figure out how, please share so we can all take a trip down memory lane and savor one last time SKB's gentle wit and wisdom (not to mention his fine bird photography).
SKB is/was a true blogger's blogger, eager to build community, quick to give credit, and always interested in offering a hand up to those new to the blogging scene. He was one of the first to give a warm review to Facing South when we launched last February.
I hope he changes his mind and hops back in the blog saddle soon. Until then -- anyone want to help me convince him to guest-blog for Facing South?
UPDATE: Just to be clear: SKB himself didn't pass away, just his blog. Although since the blog is gone, is the "SKB" persona gone as well? There's a conundrum of blog metaphysics for ya.
I'm sure there's some way to view cached versions of his blog, which was a regular stop for me and many others of the progressive persuasion (and more who weren't). If you can figure out how, please share so we can all take a trip down memory lane and savor one last time SKB's gentle wit and wisdom (not to mention his fine bird photography).
SKB is/was a true blogger's blogger, eager to build community, quick to give credit, and always interested in offering a hand up to those new to the blogging scene. He was one of the first to give a warm review to Facing South when we launched last February.
I hope he changes his mind and hops back in the blog saddle soon. Until then -- anyone want to help me convince him to guest-blog for Facing South?
UPDATE: Just to be clear: SKB himself didn't pass away, just his blog. Although since the blog is gone, is the "SKB" persona gone as well? There's a conundrum of blog metaphysics for ya.
4 Comments:
...well, I'm from Ventura County, California and appreciated "SouthKnoxBubba" as well.
Cheers!
Hear hear! Big SKB fan from DC here. Have you tried The Way Back Machine? http://www.archive.org/web/web.php
He's blocked access to his archives...
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Speaking of Southern Bloggers, weren't you going to provide a list of those of us blogging in the South?
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