A blog about a blog about a blog...

Last week in my weekly (cough, cough) email to subscribers, I shared the web address of my new favorite political blogger, my daughter Betsy. She's a high school senior who won't be able to vote in the upcoming presidential election, but who nonetheless has lots of strong and well-considered opinions about what's going on. Jim and I suggested to her that she start a blog to share her point of view, and after only a few posts, I decided to share her blog with my readers.

My dear friend Lisa Hendey, founder of the terrific web site Catholicmom.com and a prolific blogger and podcaster, clicked through to Betsy's blog and was impressed. So Lisa blogged about Betsy's blog. Like me, Lisa is proud to be the parent of a socially aware and concerned teenager. We moms know that the future of our nation rests on the interest and commitment of the next generation.

Next thing I knew, Google Alerts let me know my name had been mentioned on Lisa's blog when she identified Betsy as my daughter. So now I'm blogging to share Lisa's blog about Betsy's blog.

The blogs go 'round and 'round and 'round. I'm proud to recommend two bloggers -- Lisa Hendey and my own Betsy Hicks -- who are contributing great thoughts to the marketplace of ideas.