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As of 2022, I have been blogging for 10 years. Not as long as some but it has been a creative and fulfilling adventure. And it has kept me devoted to writing for this whole time. I intend to keep on blogging and these are my stories.
Today is my second Blogaversary ! I’ve known this would warrant a mention…in a post…with streamers and prophetic words. But on my first attempt last week, I came up with a lotta nada. Hot air but no balloons. I had outlined what I thought I should say. But it wasn’t real. Creativity shrivels in the…
Like my mother before me, I’m a collector of resources. Although my magazine collection is donated now, I still have a hidden collection. Bookmarks on the computer. I’ve been collecting them for some time now. They’re harmless enough. Press save and they get stored. But when you open up that folder, they spill out. Their…
As one week rolls into the next, we find ourselves standing somewhere new. No we didn’t plan it. And yes, we must accept that despite our every loving plan to correlate, coördinate, and coöperate to control our destinies, there’s always something right outside our peripheral vision sniggering at us for our naiveté. In the middle…
There’s no surprise that there’s weird stuff on the internet. And I’m not the sort of person to seek it out at all. But I stumbled on a couple of fun oddities and beauties when I was wandering around (where else? ) Pinterest. How can you not love the conspicuous and outright pragmatic booby tent….
My problem is that I never liked a popularity contest. I wasn’t popular nor did I care to be. I find it hard to care whether anyone “likes” me. Jimmy Crack Corn. I’m stubborn and figure, either you like me and you get me or you don’t. And this little attitude would be fine if…
As I began this pregnancy, I recognized a future coming in which my new baby and my blog would be sharing my attention. And I contemplated what that would mean this time around. Nearly 8 years ago, I was a first time Mom and I was freaked out, sure my personal identity would be swallowed…
First published on March 19th of 2012, this post retells the story of why I’m blogging. Starting over again with a baby and the blog, it bears repeating why we are compelled to do anything to do. Did you know that I have absolutely no idea what I am doing here in weblog-land? I started…
I am so very impressed by my friend Amy at The Bumble Files this evening, I am inspired to repost her post found here. She expresses the power and purpose of blogging. And the containment and bleed of our personal selves. And my girl can write. Message in a Blog Posted on February 21, 2013 Some…
The last of my friend Tania’s picture link ups is today. And her theme is Color Me Happy. Beauty can be found in the most unlikely places. I have a quilt. I got it on my birthday at an auction in Delaware more than ten years ago. The same fateful day that my husband threw…
In an effort to save the moment, I “videotaped” my belly a couple of times. And just like when I’d do the “grab your hand and put it on my belly for you to feel that” maneuver, Twitchy would stop twitching. I believe this is the only time I got a good twitch on tape….
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