New to this, other blogs interesting, varied

I've had a look at some of the other blogs here. I am amazed with the variety and with what others have done with the templates and incorporating images with the text, and the freedom to customize appears to be greater than I first thought. I am going to try to get a friend who is a writer who doesn't post much on-line beyound e-mail to do her own blog. I have alot to learn about all this.