Keeping up with Fishersville Mike

In my internet journey today, there's no need to "catch up" with local blogger Fishersville Mike since I regularly pop in on him. We are both listed on the Staunton News Leader aggregator and sometimes cross paths while out and about the SWAC area, most notably at the Mitt Romney rally in October 2012 at Expoland in Fishersville. A fellow member of Smitty's Axis of Fedorables, Mike is a crossroads for many of the other bloggers with a running blog update on his sidebar.

The only thing I could disagree with him about is his Grumpy Cat on the sidebar with the warning, "Let it snow somewhere else." LOL. I'm a snow lover but it sounds like my fellow SWAC blogger would like to jump from Christmas straight into spring.

I've been to see Pat in Shreveport today as well as Smitty at The Other McCain. Here's a wave at Mike in Fishersville just a short hop from my corner of Augusta County ... I'm on my way to visit another blogger friend. Happy 2014!

Smitty's Axis of Fedorables

I'm traveling the internet today popping in on old blogging friends so had to stop by The Other McCain and see what those guys were up to. I keep up with Smitty through Facebook ... his little boy -- the world's youngest blogger -- is absolutely adorable. Today there were FB pictures of him playing in the snow ... so cute!

As one of Smitty's Axis of Fedorables, I looked in on the club of bloggers who have met Smitty over the years and had photos taken with him while they were wearing his trademark fedora. The list is a bit longer than it was three years ago when I met Smitty at the tea party convention in Richmond and, along with some of my blogging colleagues, was added to the club. Here's the group:

• All-American Girl for the Restoration of Values
• Allergic to Bull
• Cat House Chat
• Chris Cassone
• Conservative Daily News
• DaTechguy
• Fishersville Mike
• Girl on the Right
• Haemet
• Just A Conservative Girl
• Little Miss Attila
• Marooned in Marin
• Paco Enterprises
• So It Goes In Shreveport
• SWAC Girl
• The (Perhaps Slightly Less) Lonely Conservative
• The Camp of the Saints
• The World's Youngest Blogger
• Uncoverage
• VA Right

That a good group of bloggers. After visiting Pat in Shreveport this morning (months of a busy life had caused me to fall off on my blog reading), it was comforting to see the familiar names of not just these but also others around the blogosphere.

Meanwhile, Smitty and Stacy continue to keep us informed with news and opinion and links. Many thanks to two dedicated writers ... I'll be by regularly in the new year.