Public Blog? Private Blog?

Here's a blog challenge from Heather:

Does your significant other know that you blog? How did you explain our group to him? Does your significant other read your blog? Could he if he wanted to? How did you decide whether or not to share it?

To answer this, I need to explain that I have multiple blogs - 3 of them. One, Life Afloat, is very public - its the one I write for the Annapolis Capital newspaper. Its mission is to describe day-to-day life in Annapolis, when "home" is a sailboat instead of a house. Dan is my sounding board and editor/proofreader for this one, and I never post anything he hasn't read and critiqued first. The second, Kumatage - reflections on the water, is our shared cruising blog - where we post photos for family & friends that we want to share but that aren't appropriate for the newspaper, usually because they don't fit into its focused topic. (Like, photos from my farewell party - I wanted my friends to have access, but the general world, wouldn't be interested I'm sure!) That leaves this one, also confusingly called kumatage (lower-case "k"). Dan's aware of it, we sometimes talk about ideas that I post in it. This is the place for my mental doodles or reflections. Dan's aware of it but hasn't asked to read it. I wouldn't really mind if he did - but at the same time, I'm not working out any big issues related to him or to our relationship here - if I were, I'd have to ask him not to read. (Side note: sharing this teeny-tiny space we have, 9 ft x 12 ft, there's no such thing as actual privacy. That makes it doubly important to give each other virtual privacy - no shoulder surfing, no reading each others' drafts without permission, etc - and to totally trust each other to respect that courtesy.)

I got into this when I met my first group of online friends on an ivillage board called "Simplify Your Life" more than 10 years ago, and we've been friends since. Dan and I've met one of these women IRL, along with her husband and kids. They came sailing with us for an afternoon, and we visited their home for a long weekend (they live about 4 hours drive from us). I've spoken to 2 others by phone - though I'm not really a big phone person. 2 live overseas so IRL meetings would be challenging, and another lives in Denver - I'm still hoping to arrange a meeting there someday. As blogging expanded, I've connected with other people that I've met through blogs, mostly about sailing and living aboard. I guess it's not really a big deal to have Dan involved because the topics of most of these blogs are not particularly personal or private.