Jacqui, scroll down on HERE and click on the link about keeping it private under the"Group Blog" heading. That will explain the privacy thing. That is google's blog site and I have been very happy with them.

The other thing you might think of is to start a google group. You can keep it private with only approved people/friends being able to post to it and read it. Folks can ask to be notified by email whenever someone posts something new to it. That's what we did when we worked on getting a new PC for Art. When you go to google, choose MORE from the bar up top, then use the drop down menu to go to GROUPS.