reflective

Bloggers ponder:

What to write? Why?

As I am watching the handiwork of craftsmen several generations ago being taken apart by my contractor,


I am completely in awe of the care that was taken to erect our house.
Care that would not be seen by anyone after the walls were covered with lath and plaster. Looking at my exposed dining room wall, I am struck by the beauty of the carefully measured lines.



The other day, my daughter came home with a completed art project from school, a Cityscape.

I love the bridgespan behind the buildings.

Every day, I ponder what I might blog about. There is watching, noting, noticing, picture taking, planning. Edits in my head before I even turn on the computer.

Some days are so busy that I never get that sit-down time to form an actual post. Some days I decide that nobody needs to know what goes on.

But how did I even get here?

I started to blog a little while after I closed my yarn shop. I had another blog, some of you may remember. I started to blog because so many of my former customers still wanted to know what I am doing with my life, my knitting, how my kids (Crafty Girl and Tall Son) are doing. I showed pictures of my yard and my flowers, of trips back home to Germany.

Last year, I began to dye a whole lot of yarn, and I felt there should be a division of Professional Blogging (ha!) and the Other Stuff. Well we all know how that ended up! While this change has been better for me, I am not sure what is has done for my readership. There are a lot fewer comments, there are several new faithful ones who always write (thank you!!). Every new post I prepare, I wonder who might still be reading.

But blog I shall. Always a bad writer of diaries, I need to keep this up, to tell you I am still here, to sometimes help brighten your day; to sometimes keep you on your toes ;) when the old soapbox gets dusted off; to always try to connect with some one.

Yesterday, there was a question about the Knitting Olympics, or ravelympics. Yes I am participating! I am making a Cross-Country Ski Hat from the book Norwegian Handknits. I am on Team StashDown, and participating in the Event: Nordic Colorwork Combined. I am also trying to get a handle on some Works in Progress by participating in WIPS-Dancing.

Ok after this bare-all post, I need to ask you: why do you READ blogs? And: do you have your own blog? Why do you blog?

repeat from *

Hello and Happy New Year!

Thank you for visiting/continuing on here with me!! I loved my "first" blog. I loved having two blogs. But lately it has gotten a bit much, between ravelry and facebook and here and there. I've enjoyed the holidays tremendously, focusing on my family, and not worrying at all whether to blog something. Tall Son even gave me a t-shirt that says, "I'm blogging this" and it made me think...is that really what I do, all the time?

It was good to step away from it for a few days.

Now it is time to get going again.

I wish you all the best for the coming year. I love being able to start fresh, how about you? (Well we won't even talk about all my WIPs from 2009....does recurring tendonitis count as a good excuse?)