Thursday, April 8, 2010

Hello? Anyone home?

In case you haven't noticed, I haven't been here in a while. Oh, I know what you are thinking... yet another "blogger" who starts a blog, then quits after writing a few posts.


I do admit, that did happen to me. Really, I do have good reasons. And I always intended to come back - life just got in the way. Without going into all the reasons, suffice it to say that the end of last year is not one that I'll want to repeat. Many good things did come out of the hard times, though. We developed closer relationships with family and with friends who became family. But there was one really big loss that came with the new year. A loss that we are still trying to find our path through.


Anyway... I digress.


The bookmark to this blog beckons me every time I come to the computer. I haven't succumbed to the pressure of clicking it. It felt like too much expectation, too much time, too much of me to give. Today, I gave in. I clicked the little N&G bookmark at the top of every browser page I open.


I read the few posts that are here and I smiled. Was I actually enjoying reading the posts? Does anyone else, I wondered?


So, here I am... again. It's now springtime and the dogwood that I mentioned in a previous post that was turning last fall is now out in full spring bloom.  Along with the beautiful flowering tree comes massive amounts of pollen from all the other trees around. We are doing a great job of noticing the beauty around us, trying to notice at least one New & Good a day. Today, we both noticed that a transplanted Indian Hawthorne has started blooming these really tiny white flowers!


We do have some cool things going on and I have a few posts in mind to do soon.  But what do you want to hear about?


    Our experiences in the garden? 
          (we actually started a garden - from seeds!)
    Our attempts at getting more exercise? 
          (really, how boring. but maybe sharing might keep us motivated?)
    Our noticings of the springing of Spring?
    Our everyday New & Good?
    Our adventures in the kitchen?


Please tell me what you would like. I'd love to know.

3 comments:

Maria said...

I think I'd like to hear about your gardening...and of course your exercise....and definitely everyday new and good. I'm not much of a cook, so your kitchen stuff would probably confuse me - though I do like to see the pictures when it's done :)

Tracy Chastain said...

thanks Maria -- :) thank you for commenting. :)

Anonymous said...

I, too, would love to see any pictures . . . you, kim, the yard, your travels, work, just about anything. I do miss Raleigh, so it would be good to see pix and find out things going on around town! Mom

 
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