Hello Blog world...
I haven't posted anything 'original' in quite a while. The stuff that has appeared was to let you know that I am still around. However, ever since I returned from my AVID conference at the end of June, I can't seem to put my real thoughts down on paper/Internet. If you read Wonkos' posting of July 7th, it might give you an idea of what has become of me. Life seems to have come to a standstill and I am not sure what to make of it.
The conference was excellent and one of the presenters remembered me from last year's trip to Austin. The highpoint of the trip to Dallas was visiting the Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza. I felt as though I was in a time warp ~ it seemed as if it were just yesterday rather than 44 years ago. The visit was a moving, emotional experience. I highly recommend it!!
I really haven't shared anything too personal on this site for fear of being identified but I have started a blog over @ Word Press. It will be for academic use ~ sort of a classroom/parent information site.
When one becomes a parent, it is not a job that magically ends when your offspring turns 18!! Oh, quite the contrary. Let's just say that my eldest (25) is the biggest factor in my silence here. I am not sure where I went wrong as a parent but she seems to have no sense of financial responsibility whatsoever. She is intelligent ~#20 in her graduating class of over 500 but common sense is seriously lacking. As my mother would say:
"Book learning isn't everything; if you don't have common sense, you can just hang it up."
There have been times that I have just wanted to shut this blog down entirely and I haven't completely ruled that idea out. I will just take a 'wait and see' approach. Do any of my readers have any thoughts or have you experienced anything similar? I hope to hear from you.
Thanks,
~ba~
3 comments:
If your blog has become just one more on your list of things to do, then perhaps it might be time to give it up, maybe not completely get rid of it, but take a hiatus for an unspecified length of time. If, however, your blog is a source of joy and something which you look forward to, but maybe not right now, then hang onto it.
That wasn't much of a specific answer, was it? Hang in there.
Dear BA,
I don't pretend to yield the sword of ink as you and fellow bloggers do so entertainingly, but I understand the creative method, if more on a visual level. I have found that if it's not worth the ink (or the paint/clay/graphite, in my case,)then don't expend the energy to publish. If, on the other hand, it is a venting, don't worry about how it's received. In my studies of writers and artists, or any notable person in history, I always want to know the mundane as much as the pertinent. Perhaps you could be more personal and still maintain your anonymity. I for one, would sorely miss reading you.
I dotry to make art daily, even when I don't feel like it. I assumed it was the same with you writers. Sometimes you can create beauty accidentally.
Kids are a trip, no? The job is life long, as you say. When I'm not busy having seizures over their latest, I laugh as much as possible and make sure my bank account has some leeway.
If this does you no good, then rely on your own instinct, and see where you are further down the road.
Take advantage of the down time you have left. You'll be welcoming back students soon enough, (not to mention FL!)
I think if I shut down my blog every time I felt like it, I would probably never write a thing. Shoot, I've hardly touched QTV over the past year but I still hold onto it in hope that I'll rebirth it somehow.
Still, ya got to do what you feel that you should, but I personally enjoy reading your Blog. I usually just take a hiatus if I'm not feeling very wordy and that helps, but give up? NEVER! Heh.
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