Feeling the Love and Making Amends

I have been blogging for about four and a half years now.  Buddy Gavin ( Why Oh Why? ) introduced me to blogging.  I wasn't sure where I wanted to go with my blog when I started, and realize that I still don't know.  Over the past few years it has taken on different meanings for me.  Sometimes I get serious, but most often it's a travelogue.  After I moved to St. Pete in 2007, I found it a convenient way to let my family and friends up North keep up with my goings on down here.  I have to admit, I have ulterior motives of getting some of them to move down here!  I've also seen where Facebook has provided another way to keep up with friends and family, and I think my blog does not have the same traffic nor readership that it may have had before.  And, because of that, my posts have become less frequent.

I have found that at times it can be quite powerful in getting my creative juices flowing and inspiring me to address some of the issues in my life, and I think, sometimes to provide a diversion from addressing some of those same issues.
I tend to be more conservative in the topics I do choose to post, preferring to address those topics in my journal. But alas, even that is very sporadic.  [Shout out to Cher Horowitz]

Last month my good friend Sean ( Idle Eyes and a Dormy ) gave me a bloggers award.  Up to now, I haven't even acknowledged it, feeling a bit guilty about not being a very active blogger nor a very good blogger buddy.  I have also been less than stellar in keeping up with my blog reading. I find that I allow myself too many distractions at times.  But I want to take the time to acknowledge the award from Sean and tell him how much I admire him.  I enjoy reading his posts.  His posts reflect his passion about life and issues and feelings.  I admire his eloquence and wish I could possess even a fraction of his talent.   


Last night at a party, a guy recognized me and asked if I had a blog.  He had stumbled on my blog a while back and we had exchanged a couple comments on each other's blogs.  He has not been actively blogging for a while now, but it was nice to know that some individuals out there enjoy reading my blog and looking at the many pictures I post.  He said that it was a way for him to keep up with friends and family too.  After chatting with Rick [ Tampa I Am ], I knew it was time to write a post. 


Last year my daughter Adele [ Keep Moving Forward ] began to blog and more recently my daughter-in-law Joy [ joy de vivre ] began blogging about her and Joe and their road to parenthood.  (I believe her blog is by invitation only though.)  I love reading their blogs because it provides much more depth of emotion than a status update on facebook does.  

As the title of this blog indicates, I am still a work in progress.  Where I go from here is anyone's guess.  I will see where each day leads me.  But I do hope to use it as a creative outlet more than I have in the past.  I know that as I grow older (cue the violins) that I need to keep my brain active.  That's one of the reasons I joined a book club. So to the few of my loyal readers, thank you from my heart.  


And Sean,  thank you and I miss you!