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Great Writing, Great Reading and Fun Too!

13 Friday Apr 2012

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Out with the old and …

You know how it is when you’re surfing through the blogs in your reader. Some of the blog’s you really used to enjoy have become ho-hum, or totally self-absorbed in a way that’s not interesting or sharing but that’s self-indulgent and I’m on the point of culling some I’ve followed for a while for those reasons.

… in with the new.

But I’m also adding some new ones that are well-written, great to read and fun. The one I want to share with you today was brought to my attention by Doris, a valued member of our little Sewjournal community and list Mom of the Yahoo Group QuiltsByHand. Doris is full of useful advice and very generous at sharing it too. Anyway in a recent post in the list she spoke about a blog post by the Yarn Harlot on her Inner Knitter.

Doris is a little concerned because she has multiple Inner Creatives ( a knitter and a quilter). I followed the Yarn Harlot link to the April 11 2012 post and it is really a great piece of writing. It’s funny, it’s beautifully written and so true. (If you’re wondering about the black nail polish photo* then all will become clear when you read the blog)

Tell me about your Inner Creatives

Please take five minutes and read the Inner Knitter then come back and tell me about your inner creative spirit. I’m going to award a prize to the one that makes me laugh most. Personally I’m a bit like Doris, I have several Inner Creatives – a knitter, a quilter, a writer and a cook. When I was younger and my daughter was small I had many more but I’ve killed them off or retired them over the years. There was the lead lighter, the spinner, the weaver, the dyer, the dressmaker, the tapestry designer and maker, the embroiderer, the mural painter, the gardener and probably more that I can no longer remember. I think The Yarn Harlot is fortunate that she only has one Inner Creative to do battle with. When you have several and they are all yelling “Pick Me! Pick Me! Pick Me!” it can get a little overwhelming.

*Black Nail Polish Photo courtesy of toxic-xx-love

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Blog slog…

21 Saturday May 2011

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blogging, laptops, Macs, PCs, quilting blog, sewing blog, sewjournal blog

I’m finding blogging very trying at the moment without my Mac. My laptop has a touchpad which if you accidentally touch it while typing you end up –  just as I just did – typing on a different line in mid sentence and you have to fiddle about cutting and pasting to put it in the right place!

It’s also hard to add photos etc. Sorry about the whinge and thanks for listening. I’ve blogged continuously every day for more than a year and I don’t want to break that continuity but I may have to. My Mac has to go in for an operation this afternoon and then around a week before I can have it back. (Not to mention all those dollars!) I’m not sure that my patience on the laptop can hold out until then.

Wish me luck!

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