Work is indeed the curse of the middle class

Perhaps there is nothing worse than time. While time is generally a rather nice thing to have a round when you want it, there is either never enough when you need it or way too much when you cannot do what you want to.
The proverbial case in point is being at home base and thinking about the road. As nice as home is, and despite what Dorothy thought as she clicked the ruby red slippers three times, waiting at home is mondane and lonely.
Realizing we need to be prepared for traveling, Mary and I are starting to investigate new avenues for generating an income. We are looking for the ones that can be done regardless of our location. Careers that will allow us to establish relationships, not just throughout the immediate area, but possible across the state or region where we are at any given moment.
As we have mentioned previously, that means it has to be internet dependent. At least using the internet as a means of communication. We had initially toyed with doing sales on eBay or Craigslist. We quickly realized that probably wasn't a workable concept. Too much to carry around, and we would be tethered to a post office--not to mention the packaging and shipping material required to send items.
We also thought that we could make money just off the content we posted on the internet. We read several bloggers were making high 5 low 6 figures from blogging. We would draw advertisers to our site(s) and and watch the money accumulate over time with page views and clicks. While this approach might get a few dollars, in the long run it is nothing more than a a small supplement and probably cannot be relied on for paying the bills. Those who do either have multiple blogs or developed a regular following of subscribers that convince advertisers to pay sizeable fees every month.
In the past few weeks, we have started to see the internet differently. Rather than the internet being the cash cow we hoped for, we see it as a means to create income.