Tuesday, August 02, 2011

Baaaaa........ck

I miss my blog -- what’s left of it.

It's a good thing blogs (and hopefully blog friends) don't disappear if abandoned for months at a time. I'm terribly flakey when it comes to maintaining things, even if they are things that matter to me.

It's a good thing my husband takes care of the cars. And the garden. And the bills.

It's also a good thing I only have houseplants that can go weeks between waterings. Of course, this is because any houseplants I've ever owned that were incapable of surviving this kind of neglect have been thinned from the herd through natural selection, but who wants needy houseplants?

I really have no excuse for my long absence. Except maybe that writing for an audience (even if that audience has dwindled to one: hi mom!) is not easy for me. I tend to take it all way too seriously. I tend to take life way too seriously most of the time, which is why I need my kids. They hardly ever take me seriously. They also remind me that nothing is really as big a deal as I think it is....even posting my personal thoughts in such a way that anyone can stumble across them on their way to searching for a great recipe for cream horns (And I have to say it's odd that my cream horn post is by far the most popular thing I have written to date. It's odd because this is not a food blog and I am not a chef. I have made cream horns exactly twice in my entire life because they are such a serious pain to make. I can only assume my version of the cream horns ranks high on google because I'm the only one amateurish enough to think it's spelled "cream" rather than "crème.") And she's off on a tangent already. It's like she was never gone.

What I really wanted to say was I have some great art worth posting today. Nora is a brilliant artist (and I don't mean brilliant for a five year old, I mean brilliant like Picasso as a five year old). As proof, I offer you her latest piece, at least seven minutes in the making, graphite on folded paper, a fusion of minimalist treatment of space and subtle rendering of natural forms. She calls it "sheep." I call it pure genius. Those ears slay me.

11 comments:

Sandra Tayler said...

Welcome back! I look forward to getting to read your thoughts again.

TARA said...

Yay! I'm glad you're back. And tell Nora I love her picture!

Allysha said...

The sheep is lovely.
Glad you're back.

An Ordinary Mom said...

Nora is 5?!?! My time is flying!

Welcome back!!

SAC said...

I'm not your mom-- and I'm so glad you're back!

I know what you're saying about writing for an unknown audience, but this audience member is so excited to see you again!

AND I love the sheep.

Klutzmom said...

Wahoo! you're back.
Love, Mom

Pale Bear said...

I'm glad you're back too. Now where did you go again?

Pale Bear said...
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Pale Bear said...

AND, by the way, I love the new blog header. Nicely done. I remember how hard it was to change that in the olden days.

mindyluwho said...

Looks like there are more than one of us! So glad to be reading your thoughts again!

Anonymous said...

O frabjuous day, callooo callay! I had almost given up on mental tesserae but am so very glad you are back on blog. Have to tell you that your entry on your neighbor's plum tree triggered a sonnet that I entered in the National Federation of State Poetry Society contest and got an honorable mention. Its title is "Memento Mori." See what good things you do when you bless us with your thoughts? Thanks! Joyce Kohler