The Friendship Of Blogging

A reader writes:

The idea of 'friendship' through this thing we call a blog really didn't resonate with me until Monday.  When Tanta at Calculated Risk passed away, it was so much more than just knowing of someone passing; it was indeed like losing a friend, and the feeling surprised me.  I didn't even know what she looked like, and yet I felt a bound with her through her interactive writing.