My name’s Layla Brummell! I’m a freshman here at OU majoring in health and exercise science. Now, I won’t lie, it is a little nerve-wracking having to post my work for all my classmates to see, but I will try to lean into the blog a bit. I’m not exactly sure what I want my “blogging identity” to intel yet so I will probably come back and completely change everything about my site to make it cuter as time goes on. My hope is just to write honestly and hopefully find some things everybody finds interesting and relevant to tie in.
I named my blog “My Back Porch” in reference to my best friend, Ella. We spent countless hours on our back porch talking, giving our utmost honest opinions. I want to use the openended-ness of the back porch conversations as a framework for my blog, but not in a meaningless way. I want my blog to be this class and what we discuss from my perspective, no matter how well (or not) I understand a topic.
I like the back porch as setting for your blog (we talked about difference between back and front porches as metaphorical locations for a conversation in class)–picking an image to help focus your approach is a very bloggy thing to do!
Also, I agree that you should talk both about course topics and personal-interest topics from this location–two different stands of conversation can take place “on the porch.” (I wonder if Ella, as a memory / character, can play a role in your thinking, or even in helping you develop your voice?)