blogging concerns

I am concerned about what information I should share in a blog. My second question,is there any way I can control who reads my blog ?
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And I am concerned who reads my blogging too. and I can control it too.
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You two have the same concerns as myself. I am not sure how safe anything is on the web. I definitely wouldn't be comfortable keeping a personal journal blog on line. ...

I think that putting any personal information on the web runs a risk. I think that by blogging people may be making themselves vulnerable without realising it.
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You all raise important questions. Many bloggers share your concerns.

On Blogger, you can choose to keep your blog private. That means you invite certain people to read your blog and they have to have a password to see your blog.

You can also choose to make your blog 'invisible' to search engines. That means if people search, no links to your blog will come up.

But as K points out, it is always possible to break through these safety measures. I am pretty careful on story juice not to identify people, especially children.

We saw what happened when we all started clicking on marytree. Mary became concerned that we might be posing a threat to her children. Mary says, "As with many bloggers I am often torn by how much to put out there."

I guess we all have to find our own comfort level. People can be healing to each other and sharing stories and experiences is one way we do that. But we also have to keep ourselves safe. My advice would be to be very cautious and careful - once it is on the internet it is out in the world.