Web logs. Original? Just the medium. Read daily updates from Henry David Thoreau, the guy who got it all started and inspired a little cabin in the woods of PEI.
From March 15, 1852:
“This afternoon I throw off my outside coat. A mild spring day. I must hie to the Great Meadows. The air is full of bluebirds. The ground almost entirely bare. The villagers are out in the sun, and every man is happy whose work takes him outdoors.”