…topped by a feathery Comic Con flitter.
Himself:
He looked for seatbelts online.
When GM’s economy crashed, they stopped making parts for their older
vehicles at about 12 years. Finding
parts is now an interesting adventure.
Herself:
Took Grumpy to the body shop and was given a ride home in a customer
service vehicle that was a stretch limo.
Library. At least my card was still good.
Reading:
Suzanne Beecher’s “Muffins and Mayhem.”
Even went to her web site/blog/review site which left me dithering.
Balance:
Hot dogs at Costco.
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I can hear her saying, “It’s simple. Just subscribe to the book club you are
interested in.”
But I’m also wary. The
labels on things are not clear. Am I
subscribing to a library book club? Her
book clubs? If so, where do I find
them. Perhaps my brain needs another
gear this morning. Her book is charming….so
it has to be me.
http://thepioneerwoman.com/cooking/>Ree
at Pioneer Woman Cooks was always concise. Perhaps as she grew into an industry she left
me and intimacy behind. I read her not
at all confusing blog for years, but when her house became home to workshops
all the while she was working on her cookbook, perhaps I felt she had grown too
grand for me.
Blogs are fragile things.
For years I started my day with John at the http://oldgreypoet.com/>Old Grey Poet. He’s stopped writing. I can’t tell you how much I miss him. I followed John with Dee at http://cbg-dee.blogspot.com/>The
Coffee Bean Goddess. The
gentle sense of a friend writing to another friend was there in every entry
they wrote. Dee died just after she
wrote that last entry. I miss her
too.
After dithering with Beecher’s site yesterday, I wondered if
I might include a recipe or two here as Dee used to do. Simply. Anyway, I’m thinking about this.
As you may have noticed form my sidebar, I have grown close to and lost my early blogger friends. Others have disappeared into the ether-sphere...one who stayed at my home one night, even. It is a fragile space with worm holes and time warps in abundance.
ReplyDeleteBlog friends come and go....as do bloggers. I have had many joys and disappointments doing this. And YOU, my sweetie friend, and are one of the joys!
ReplyDeleteI used to read the Pioneer Woman but I have stopped basically for the same reason you did. And I had a couple of other blogs that have just left me with my mouth hanging open. I can't deal with all the over the top intellect these days.
ReplyDeleteBlog friends seem to cycle. A few of those I read faithfully are barely writing. Thank goodness you are here most days. Thank you. Dianne
ReplyDeletePS I have burning places all over my face this afternoon from handling a Habenero pepper my friend brought over. I guess I touch my face a lot.
Dianne
You really get to know your blogger friends. I was so very sad when one of my blogger friends died unexpectedly. Another one is now in a bad way and her son donated her computer. Her son was kind enough to let us know. I agree with Captain Poolie. You are one of my joys!
ReplyDeleteI too have been rethinking my position on blogs. I really value my blogger friends--they were so good to support me during my cancer treatment in 2010--but sometimes I feel like I've made up the me that I show in the blog. The one I wish I could write would be much more gritty, but somehow much more interesting. I blame it on the era and place of my birth--the good girl who says only good things if anything at all. But I'm much more complex than that. If only I had the courage to write some of the things I'd love to write. As of now, fate of blog still undetermined.
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