The Ephraim Historical Foundation is full embracing the electronic present and future -- we have a blog! To view it, simply follow this link: http://ephraimhistoricalfoundation.blogspot.com.
For those of you who aren't quite sure what a blog is, a blog is a website where entries are written in chronological order and displayed in reverse chronological order. They provide commentary or news on a particular subject such as food, politics, travel, or in our case, our little village of Ephraim. A typical blog combines text, images, links to other blogs, and other forms of media that are relevant to the topic. The ability for readers to leave comments in an interactive format is perhaps the most important part of many blogs.
In case you wonder about the popularity of blogs, the blog search engine Technorati was tracking more than 71 million of them as of May 2007. The use of blogs has become very mainstream as political candidates and news services began using them as tools for outreach and opinion forming.
The Ephraim Historical Foundation has many uses for a blog, both as a way to share some of Ephraim's history with interested parties as well as being a voice for some of the present happenings in the village (which, of course, will be history someday!).
If you have a comment to share about anything we've posted, we'll make it very easy for you to post that comment. Actually, it is the idea of sharing that prompted the creation of a blog in the first place -- it is the Foundation's hope that we won't be the only ones sharing stories and ancedotes about Ephraim!
As I'm writing this entry, it's a beautiful fall day in Ephraim. The Ephraim Village Museums will close for the season after this coming Saturday, and we are looking forward to a few months of quiet after our busy 2007 season. Even though our museums are closed, the Foundation office is still open during the week all year round -- Monday through Friday from 9:00 am - 4:00 pm.
I encourage all of our members as well as Door County locals and vacationers to check out this blog frequently!
Sincerely,
Melissa Ripp
Business & Marketing Director
Ephraim Historical Foundation
