Blogging questions and answers for quality

Blogging on the Internet - As a relatively new blogger I sometimes seek advice about blogging from those who know more about it than I do. For example, I get a regular e-mail newsletter from Sheila Ann Manuel Coggins at About.com. I liked her recent one on "Top 10 Tips on Promoting Your Blog."

The questions - It prompted me to question myself about the quality of my blogging. Am I serving my readers as well as I can? Or am I just going in the direction of my own whims?
About my recent blogs and comments - I asked myself,

• What is the pattern of my recent blog topics? About what topics have I been consistently writing?
• Have I paid enough attention to quality and readability? AM I following my own rules?
• Have I been a responsible member of the blogging community?

Recent patterns: During the time I was traveling I did not post regularly. But I have gotten back toconsistent daily posts in recent weeks. Most of them were about the current Republican administration - which just drives me crazy. But other ideas have also held my attention, such as Independence Day, rockets and the Discovery shuttle mission, blogging and women's issues, news, TV and corporations.
Quality check: For the most part the answers are affirmative to these questions I asked myself: Is the spelling correct? Are the links approtriate and correct? Am I meeting my blogging purpose; and do I write about what I love to an audience I understand and respect? Is the post distinctive and easy to read? Source citations: Rebecca's Pocket, John Hawkins.
Community membership: My "communities" include Democrats, Progressives, Centrists, actists, writers, educators, women, news junkies, people living in the Southwest U.S., people interested in foreign affairs, and international readers. After having been AWOL as a commenter on other blogs (for the most part since May or so), I have now returned to that privilege and responsibility.
"South by Southwest" stats: Skip this part if you choose because this is probably TMI about my site, which I called a Little Blog in my 6/10/06 post. But here goes anyway:

• The site usually gets a couple of dozen visitors or so, according to my SiteMeter, several of them "regulars."
• I rarely have anyone leave a comment at S/SW. I usually leave a couple of comments every few days on other blogs.
• My Technorati stats include these: I am linked (93 times) on 20 other sites. The rank is at 161,115.
• Googling CarolGee "South by Southwest" yields 215 results.

Other activities - I regularly post to what I call a "creative" blog at Carol Gee-Southwest Blogger. I am a part of the DailyKos diary and the TPM Cafe communities, sometimes cross-posting from my S/SW blog. I have a favorites list on del.icio.us, as well as a Blogroll.
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My "creative post" today at Southwest Blogger is about my dusty old computer.