Posted in Blogs/Blogging, Weather on March 19, 2009 | 2 Comments »
That happy new header up there (Yay, for red tulips!) is for Uncle Lew and Aunt Alice for being such enthusiastic fans, even when I go more than a month without posting. I love you, guys! Happy First Day of Spring!!
If there’s anyone else out there who hasn’t given up on me — don’t worry, I’ll be back soon. Thanks for sticking around!
Posted in Blogs/Blogging, Family, Flickr, Fun, Me, Miscellany, Photography on August 13, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Patience, my little chickens — that wacky title will become clear in good time.
I took this lovely photograph on the day that we met up with Joel’s family in Portsmouth to celebrate my birthday:
portsmouth buds, Portsmouth, NH
My birthday was way back in April. This is how backed up I am in the whole downloading / dating / naming / editing photographs department. I seriously need to get my a$$ in gear and get caught up.
Remember when I recently posted about how Joy won the Beantown Bartender Battle? Well, that picture of her that I posted was linked back to where I found it — on Bostonist. It was posted there by Bostonist contributer, C. Fernsebner, a.k.a. Sushiesque, who took the picture. She has hilarious posts on that there blog of hers — I think this is my favorite. And this one is funny, too. Ok, I’ll stop now. She also has a bunch of great photos of Boston on her flickr page. In addition to Sushiesque, she contributes to Adorablog. See? It’s such a small world on the internet. Isn’t that cool?
By the way, just thought you should know that Polyvore is the new crack. Seriously. It’s pretty near the top of the list of excuses perfectly reasonable explanations for why I can’t seem to get anything done these days. You should try it. You know you want to. 
Oh! I recently uploaded some new pictures to my flickr page if you want to check them out. Hm, I guess I’m not a total slacker…just mostly.
Posted in Blogs/Blogging, Fun, Me on May 7, 2008 | 2 Comments »
A blog I read pretty regularly posted a link to this video today (Just fyi, totally NSFW – it’s a good thing I had my headphones on):
…and it made me laugh out loud at my desk. My officemate, god love her, probably thinks I’m a total loon. Mind you, I’m not exactly a fan of Bud Light, but still, this commercial is hilarious. Or I’m just juvenile. Or maybe a bit of both. Happy hump day!
Posted in Blogs/Blogging, Fun, Holidays, Me on April 15, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Tax day is never too, too awful for me because it’s my birthday — woo, hoo!! See, this way I always have a good excuse for spending our entire tax refund on shoes: “They’re for my birthday!!” No, I kid! Actually, I’m celebrating with a blog re-design — surely you noticed — and with a some bright green spring buds:
We don’t have buds like this in Maine yet — I took this picture in Boston over the weekend. But they’re coming to Maine soon…I’m sure of it. Yay! This picture makes me so happy!! Hope you have a happy day, too — may the tax angels smile upon you!
Posted in Blogs/Blogging, Me on January 24, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Oh, crap…you’ve discovered why I’ve been missing in action:
No! I’m kidding! I may be slightly unhinged at times, but I haven’t slid off the edge just yet. Seriously though, I haven’t blogged this week because I needed a short, spontaneous, self-imposed break. And it was good. I’ll have you know, I only checked my email and my blog stats one time in the last five days — that is unheard of for me! But I’m okay with it — an occasional break from being constantly plugged-in is never a bad thing, right? Right.
So anyway, I’m happy to be back. And I hope you’re happy to hear that blogging resumes it’s normal schedule tomorrow with flickr friday. Woo, hoo — photography! Sad…it really takes so little to amuse me…
See you tomorrow!
Posted in Blogs/Blogging, Fun, Weather on December 30, 2007 | 1 Comment »
Yes, that title is intended as a double entendre (“it’s snow fun” and “it’s no fun”) — I’m just that clever. Seriously though: we’ve had a lot of snow already this winter. Like, about three times the average amount for this point in the season. Far too often, this has been the view from the window on our stairway:
Consequently, and as you’ve no doubt noticed by now, I’ve decided that my cyber-world should match my real world, falling snow and all. It will last until January 2nd, but don’t worry — no shoveling required. Enjoy!
Posted in Blogs/Blogging, Me, Reading on September 18, 2007 | 4 Comments »
At Meg’s suggestion, I’m joining in on the meme fun today. You should play, too — leave a comment if you do, because I’ll want to click over and read your answers! Here we go…
1. Do you promote your blog?
Yes, but I try not to be obnoxious about it. There is a link in my email signature, on my Flickr profile, and sometimes I include a link in the descriptions of some of my photos. And I always include the link when I comment on other people’s blogs.
2. How often do you check your blog stats?
Ugh. Constantly. I wish I could stop, particularly because my stats do not warrant such compulsive checking.
3. Do you stick to one topic?
Hahaha — no. Although I’ve had this blog for a couple years now, I’m still trying to figure out what I want to write about…how sad is that. For a while there, I was so inspired by all the craft/making/design blogs I read that I wanted mine to be like those. Turns out, I don’t really create all that much! I just spend a lot of time *thinking* about crafting, collaging, knitting, sewing, painting, etc — I’m an armchair crafter. These days I’m just trying to concentrate on a) writing regularly, both here and in my personal, handwritten journal; b) growing my voice studio; and c) taking/posting nice photographs, both here and at Flickr.
4. Who knows that you have a blog?
My aunt and uncle, several cousins, my in-laws (although, to my knowledge, they don’t read it), a few co-workers, and most of my friends. My aunt and a few of my friends are super-loyal readers (you know who you are — thank you!) However, not everyone who knows about the blog, reads it. Slackers.
5. How many blogs do you read?
I read about 11 daily and then there are a handful of others that I check in on a couple times a week. Is that a lot? I have no point of reference for comparison…
Half-way there. Here’s a picture in case your interest is waning — heirloom tomatoes:
6. Are you a fast reader?
Yes, I have to be — see #5!
7. Do you customize your blog or do anything technical?
Sadly, no. I’m *so* not smart enough for all that intergalactube mumbo-jumbo. Sometimes my husband (who is way smarter than I) helps me. Maybe someday I’ll design my own header and customize my own page theme…
8. Do you blog anonymously?
No. Sometimes it freaks me out that my full name is available for all to see, but I try not to worry about it. I don’t name the specific town in which I live and I don’t publish photos of the outside of my house.
9. To what extent do you censor yourself?
Probably not enough!
First let’s get the blogging pet peeves (you knew I’d have some, didn’t you?) out of the way. I try to be careful about two things in particular, because it drives me crazy when other bloggers do them: if I can’t discuss something freely, I don’t hint around or vaguely mention it — I just don’t bring it up at all; and I don’t use the blog to send long, encoded missives to one or two specific people — I just email them directly.
Now, on to the real stuff. I struggle with this issue of personal censorship a bit. Blogging is a complicated medium because it can feel deceptively safe to sit at your computer and type whatever is on your mind, everything you’re thinking and feeling — it’s easy to forget that there is a whole world of strangers out there. That being said, I still want to be as honest as I can be, but I don’t want to give away the farm, so to speak, or get so personal that I make people uncomfortable. As I recently told a dear friend, I like to think of the blog as a cultivated presentation of the real me — the me I would be in-person if I were more verbally articulate!
10. The best thing about blogging:
Obviously, no top ten tuesday today — I couldn’t think of a good topic anyway. Any suggestions for next Tuesday?
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