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Thursday, May 8th, 2008One friend and fellow blogger has remarked a few times recently that the muse of originality doesn’t always visit these days. I’m sure we all have times (I know I do) when what we write feels turgid and recycled, or when we are unable to write anything at all.
The dictionary has muse as “the source […]
Blogger’s block
Friday, February 15th, 2008I keep starting to write posts and nothing with any meaning appears on the screen. I tried to express the feeling last night in my visual journal, so I’ll share that instead:
An excellent anniversary
Tuesday, February 5th, 2008Hard for me to believe, but it’s one year today that I started this blog. Happy anniversary to me!
I never thought I would be part of such a fantastic online community of gorgeous, generous friends. I (and my bank account) have been introduced to the hitherto unknown delights of Etsy, I’ve received unsolicited gifts […]
Non-bloggers welcome!
Thursday, January 24th, 2008A dear “real-life” friend asked me by email recently if it was OK for people who don’t have their own blogs to comment on other people’s blogs. Of course, it would be so good to hear from you. I think the conversations that take place in the comments space are the best thing about blogging, […]
Sunday Collection: Blogging
Sunday, January 20th, 2008Mostly this business of blogging is invisible. It’s the vehicle through which we talk to each other. This week I’ve collected a few posts about the vehicle itself.
Tamarika at Mining Nuggets shared the following quote from Citizen of the Month - I think it’s fantastic:
The fascinating part of [blogging] is that I can write about […]
My top twenty posts in 2007
Monday, December 31st, 2007
Image by notsogoodphotography under a CC Attribution License
As we say goodbye to 2007, I thank you all for reading and contributing to this blog. I’ve been writing here for nearly a year, and it’s been sheer delight to find so many like-minded friends out there in our virtual community.
I thought you might be interested […]
Sunday Collection - Blog Action Day
Sunday, October 21st, 2007Last Monday I posted on the environment as part of the first Blog Action Day.
It’s been amazing to see the sheer variety of environmental topics people have written about, and today I’ve collected together all the posts from bloggers who took part that I read regularly or semi-regularly. Some are the big ‘A-list’ blogs, some […]
Blog Action day: In praise of trees
Monday, October 15th, 2007So Blog Action Day has finally arrived.
I’m one of 15,000 bloggers worldwide raising our voices to speak about climate crisis and the environment. Between us, we will reach over 12 million readers.
I’ve chosen to speak about trees today, for all sorts of reasons: their beauty, their strength, their place in myth and legend, the sheer […]